Lysippos

Lysippos (/laɪˈsɪpɒs/; Greek: Λύσιππος) was a Greek sculptor of the 4th century BC. Together with Scopas and Praxiteles, he is considered one of the three greatest sculptors of the Classical Greek era, bringing transition into the Hellenistic period. Problems confront the study of Lysippos because of the difficulty of identifying his style amongst the copies which survive. Not only did he have a large workshop and a large number of disciples in his immediate circle, but there is understood to have been a market for replicas of his work, supplied from outside his circle, both in his lifetime and later in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The Victorious Youth or Getty bronze, which resurfaced around 1972, has been associated with him.

Career and legacy

Lysippos was successor in contemporary repute to the famous sculptor Polykleitos. Among the works attributed to him are the so-called Horses of Saint Mark, Eros Stringing the Bow (of which various copies exist, the best in the British Museum), Agias (known through the marble copy found and preserved in Delphi), the similar Oil Pourer (Dresden and Munich), the Farnese Hercules (which was originally placed in the Baths of Caracalla, although the surviving marble copy lies in the Naples National Archaeological Museum) and Apoxyomenos (or The Scraper, known from a Roman marble copy in the Vatican Museums). Lysippos was also famous for his bronze sculptures of Zeus and Herakles. The only remaining version of one such statue is a Roman copy of The Weary Herakles (Farnese Hercules), by Glykon.

Lysippus (crater)

Lysippus is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 140 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Lysippus is named for the Greek sculptor Lysippos, who lived in the 4th century BCE.

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Lysippus (grandson of Alcimachus of Apollonia)

Lysippus (Greek: Λύσιππος, flourished 4th century BC) was a Greek nobleman who was a Macedonian Thessalian.

Lysippus was a member of a very wealthy, political influential and distinguished family. He was the son of Alcimachus by unnamed Greek woman and his paternal uncle was called Philip.

Lysippus’ known grandparent, his paternal grandfather also called Alcimachus was the oldest brother of Lysimachus one of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great. Lysippus seems to be the known great-nephew of Lysimachus. His paternal ancestors were political and socially connected to the Argead dynasty in particular to King Philip II of Macedon who reigned 359 BC–336 BC and his son, King Alexander the Great who reigned 336 BC–323 BC and they served in various official positions under the rule of Philip II and Alexander.

Little is known on Lysippus, however he is known through surviving inscriptional evidence. Lysippus served as Proxenos on the Greek island of Ios. In an inscription from Ios, honors him as Lysippus son of Alcimachus and the inscription refers to his father’s eunoia toward the state.