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BUPALUS

Volume 5 · 74 words · 1860 Edition

a celebrated sculptor of the island of Chios, was the son, grandson, and great grandson of sculptors. Bupalus, and his brother Athenis, who was likewise a sculptor, flourished about B.C. 500, being contemporary with the poet Hippoanax, whom they caricatured. (Pliny.) Augustus adorned many of the temples at Rome with their works, which were executed in the white marble of Paros. Bupalus is mentioned by Pausanias as a good architect as well as sculptor.