Bathycles of Magnesia
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Bathycles of Magnesia (Greek: Βαθυκλής) was an Ionian sculptor of Magnesia on the Maeander. He was commissioned by the Spartans to make a marble throne for the statue of Apollo at Amyclae, about 550 BC. Pausanias (iii.18) gives us a detailed description of this monument, which is of the greatest value to us, showing the character of Ionic art at the time. It was adorned with scenes from mythology in relief and supporting figures in the round. Adolf Furtwängler, on p. 706 of Meisterwerke der griechischen Plastik (1893), gives a reconstruction of the work.[1]
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- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bathycles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 521. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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