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Critius

(Encyclopedia)Critius nēshēōˈtēz [key], fl. 5th cent. b.c., Greek sculptors, in the time of the Persian Wars. They made statues of the Tyrannicides, Harmodius and Aristogiton, who slew the tyrant Hipparchus. T...

Nesiotes

(Encyclopedia)Nesiotes: see Critius.

Kritios

(Encyclopedia)Kritios: see Critius.

Antenor, Greek sculptor

(Encyclopedia)Antenor ăntēˈnôr [key], fl. last half of 6th cent. b.c., Greek sculptor who executed the bronze statues of the tyrannicides Harmodius and Aristogiton. In 480 b.c., Xerxes carried these statues awa...

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