Ἀγαλματοποιοί
statue-makers, sculptors
Translated by William Hutton9 Feb 2000Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
That is, craftsmen; these [are] in the strict sense Lysippus, Polycleitus, Pheidias.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀγαλματοποιοί· τουτέστι χειρουργοί· οὗτοι ἀκριβεῖς Λύσιππος, Πολύκλειτος, Φειδίας.
Betacode
*)agalmatopoioi/: toute/sti xeirourgoi/: ou(=toi a)kribei=s *lu/sippos, *polu/kleitos, *feidi/as.
Notes (1)
- The headword, a nominative plural, is presumably quoted from somewhere; perhaps Herodotus 2.46.2, but it may just be an internal cross-reference to chi 266.
- 1Or meaning these three are outstandingly precise (as, apparently, at chi 266).
See web address 1, web address 2, and web address 3 for information on these three sculptors of the C5 and (Lysippus) C4 BC. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history8 revisions · last 19 Aug 2013
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- updated links — William Hutton
- typo — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- cosmeticule — Jennifer Benedict
- modified translation; augmented note — David Whitehead
- Revised — Ross Scaife ✝
- Revised — William Hutton
- Translated — William Hutton