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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Mne'sicles (search)
Mne'sicles （*Mnhsiklh=s), one of the great Athenian artists of the age of Pericles, was the architect of the Propylaea of the Acropolis, the building of which occupied five years, B. C. 437-433. It is said that, during the progress of the work, he fell from the summit of the building, and was supposed to be mortally injured, but was cured by an herb which Athena showed to Pericles in a dream. (Philoch. Frag. p. 55; Plut. Per. 13.) Pliny relates the same story of a slave (verna) of Pericles, and mentions a celebrated statue of the same slave by Stipax, which, from its attitude, was called Splanchnoptes. (Plin. Nat. 22.17. s. 20, 34.8. s. 19.21.) [P.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Pericles (search)
n confederacy, was still further strengthened by planting colonies, which commonly stood to the parent state in that peculiar relation which was understood by the term klhrou=xoi. (Dict. of Ant. art. Colonia.) Colonies of this kind were planted at Oreus in Euboea, at Chalcis, in Naxos, Andros, among the Thracians, and in the Thracian Chersonesus. The settlement at Sinope has been already spoken of. The important colony of Thurii was founded in B. C. 444. Amphipolis was founded by Hagnon in B. C. 437. These colonies also served the very important purpose of drawing off from Athens a large part of the more troublesome and needy citizens, whom it might have been found difficult to keep employed at a time when no military operations of any great magnitude were being carried on. Pericles, however, was anxious rather for a well consolidated empire than for an extensive dominion, and therefore refused to sanction those plans of extensive conquest which many of his contemporaries had begun to
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Phei'dias (search)
lowance also for the tilln which so great a work would necessarily occupy, it may be inferred, with great probability, that Plieidias was engaged on the statue of Zeus and his other works among the Eleians, for about the four or five years from B. C. 437 to 434 or 433. It would seem that he then returned to Athens, and there fell a victim to the jealousy against his great patron, Pericles, which was then at its height. That he was the object of some fierce attack by the party opposed to Periclerchonship of Pythodorus, or B. C. 432. The death of Pheidias happened about the time of the completion of the last of those great works which he superintended, namely, the Propylaea, which had been commenced about the time when he went to Elis, B. C. 437. It will be useful to give a synopsis of the events of the life of Pheidias, according to their actual or probable dates. B. C. Ol.   490 72. 3 Battle of Marathon. 488 73. 1 Pheidias born about this time. 468 77. 4 Cimon commences the
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Polygno'tus (search)
ings by Polygnotus in a chamber attached to the Propylaea of the Acropolis ; and although it is possible, as these were probably panel pictures, that they might have been painted before the erection of the building in which they were placed, yet, from the description of Pausanias, and from all that we know of the usual practice in the decoration of public buildings at this period, it is far more probable that they were painted expressly for the building. Now the Propylaea were commenced in B. C. 437, and completed in B. C. 432, so that the age of Polygnotus is brought down almost to the beginning of the Peloponnesian war. Again, in the Gorgias of Plato, "Aristophon, the son of Aglaophon, and his brother," are referred to in a way which implies that they were two of the most distinguished painters then living (Gory. p. 448b., comp. Schol. * It is, of course, almost useless to speculate on the reason why the name of Polygnotus is not specified. It may have been on account of his celebri
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Se'rgia Gens patrician. The Sergii, like many other ancient Roman gentes, traced their descent from the Trojans. They regarded Sergestus as their ancestor (Verg. A. 5.121) : -- " Sergestusque, domus tenet a quo Sergia nomen." The Sergii were distinguished in the early history of the republic, but obtained an unenviable notoriety at a later age by Catiline belonging to them. The first member of the gens who obtained the consulship was L. Sergius Fidenas, in B. C. 437. The Sergii bore the cognomens of CATILINA, ESQILINUS, FIDENAS, ORATA, PAULUS, PLANCUS (accidentally omitted under Plancus, and given below), and SILUS. Silus is the only cognomen which occurs on coins. A few persons of the gens are mentioned without any surname : these are given below.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Vibula'nus (search)
Vibula'nus 5. M. Fabius Vibulanus, Q. F. M. N., eldest son of No. 4, was consul B. C. 442 with Postumus Aebutius Elva Cornicen, in which year a colony was founded at Ardea. In B. C. 437 he served as legatus of the dictator Mam. Aemilius Mamercinus in the war against the Veientes and Fidenates. In B. C. 433 he was one of the consular tribunes; and in B. C. 431 he served as legatus of the dictator A. Postumius Tubertus in the great war against the Aequians and Volscians. He lived till the capture of Rome by the Gauls, B. C. 390, where he is spoken of as pontifex maximus, and is said to have rehearsed the solemn formula, which was repeated after him by the aged senators who had resolved to await the entrance of the Gauls into the city, and who accordingly dedicated themselves to death. (Liv. 4.11; Diod. 12.34; Liv. 4.17, 19, 25 ; Diod. 12.58; Liv. 4.27, 28, 5.41.)
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