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PERIOD I. 3<br />

To facilitate a comparison <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>coins</strong> with <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

contemporary productions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plastic art, a list <strong>of</strong> some<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chief artists <strong>and</strong> best known works <strong>of</strong> art is appended<br />

:<br />

Principal Artists<br />

:<br />

Sicyon—Dipoenus <strong>and</strong> Scyllis <strong>of</strong> Crete, circ. B.C. 600 (?).<br />

Founders<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> earliest school <strong>of</strong> sculpture in marble.<br />

Chios—Micciades <strong>and</strong> Archermus, circ. B.C. 600-550.<br />

Mgina.—Smilis.<br />

Sparta—Gitiadas.<br />

Magnesia—Bathycles, whose chief work was <strong>the</strong> throne <strong>of</strong> Apollo<br />

at Amyclse.<br />

Argos—Ageladas,<br />

JEgina—Callon <strong>and</strong> Onatas.<br />

Sicyon—Canachus <strong>and</strong> Aris<strong>to</strong>cles.<br />

A<strong>the</strong>ns—Endceus, Antenor, <strong>and</strong> Hegias ; also Critias <strong>and</strong> Nesiotes,<br />

<strong>the</strong> sculp<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> group <strong>of</strong> Harmodius <strong>and</strong> Aris<strong>to</strong>gi<strong>to</strong>n.<br />

Principal extant Works<br />

:<br />

The three oldest me<strong>to</strong>pes <strong>of</strong> Selinus.<br />

The marble statues known as " Apollo " from Orchomenus, Thera<br />

(at A<strong>the</strong>ns), <strong>and</strong> Tenea (at Munich).<br />

Two archaic statues <strong>of</strong> Apollo. British Museum.<br />

The statues from <strong>the</strong> Sacred Way <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Temple <strong>of</strong> Apollo at<br />

Branchidse. British Museum.<br />

Seated A<strong>the</strong>na attributed <strong>to</strong> Endceus. A<strong>the</strong>ns.<br />

Stele <strong>of</strong> Aristion by Aris<strong>to</strong>cles. A<strong>the</strong>ns.<br />

Harpy Tomb. British Museum.<br />

Vic<strong>to</strong>ry by Micciades <strong>and</strong> Archermus. A<strong>the</strong>ns.<br />

Pedimental Groups from <strong>the</strong> Early Temples on <strong>the</strong> Acropolis,<br />

A<strong>the</strong>ns.<br />

Man carrying a calf. A<strong>the</strong>ns.<br />

Belief from Chrysapha in Laconia. Berlin.<br />

Series <strong>of</strong> female statues dedicated <strong>to</strong> A<strong>the</strong>na on <strong>the</strong> Acropolis.<br />

A<strong>the</strong>ns.<br />

Copy <strong>of</strong> Apollo <strong>of</strong> Canachus. British Museum.<br />

Copy <strong>of</strong> group <strong>of</strong> Harmodius <strong>and</strong> Aris<strong>to</strong>gi<strong>to</strong>n. Naples.<br />

The Thasos Reliefs. Paris.<br />

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