Ptolichus

Ptolichus (Greek: polytonic|Πτόλιχος) is a name attributed to two individuals from Classical antiquity:

*Ptolichus of Aegina was an ancient Greek sculptor from Aegina. He was the son and pupil of Synnoön and flourished from about Olympiad 75 to about Olympiad 82, roughly 480-448 BC. The only works of his which are mentioned are the statues of two Olympic victors, Theognetus of Aegina, and Epicradius of Mantineia. [Pausanias, vi. 9. § 1, 10. § 2]

*Ptolichus of Corcyra was an ancient Greek sculptor from Corcyra and the pupil of Critios of Athens. [Pausanias, vi. 3. § 2. s. 5] Pausanias does not men­tion any work of his, but merely gives his name as one of the following artistic genealogy of teachers and pupils: Critias of Athens, Ptolichus, Amphion, Pison of Calauria, Damocritus of Sicyon (as distinguished from Democritus of Sicyon). He also had a pupil named Amphion, son of the sculptor Acestor. As Cri­tios flourished chiefly about Olympiad 75, 477 BC, we may place this Ptolichus about Olympiad 83, or 448 BC. He was therefore a contemporary of Phidias. [Citation
last = Smith
first = Philip
author-link =
contribution = Ptolichus (1) and (2)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 3
pages = 599
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2932.html ]

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