Amyclaeus
Amyclaeus, of Amyclae, Laconian
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Amyclaeis Proper-name adjective: masculine ablative plural, Proper-name adjective: feminine dative plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter ablative plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter dative plural, Proper-name adjective: masculine dative plural, Proper-name adjective: feminine ablative plural of Amyclaeus
(Ἀμυκλαῖος), a surname of Apollo, derived from the town of Amyclae in Laconia, where he had a celebrated sanctuary. His colossal statue there is estimated by Pausanias (3.19.2) at thirty cubits in height. It appears to have been very ancient, for with the exception of the head, hands, and feet, the whole resembled more a brazen pillar than a statue. This figure of the god wore a helmet, and in his hands he held a spear and a bow. The women of Amyclae made every year a new χιτὼν for the god, and the place where they made it was also called the Chiton. (Paus. 3.16.2.) The sanctuary of Apollo contained the throne of Amyclae, a work of Bathycles of Magnesia, which Pausanias saw. (3.18.6, &c.; comp. Welcker, Zeitschrift für Gesch. der alt. Kunst. 1.2, p. 280, &c.) [L.S]
(Ἀμυκλαῖος), a Corinthian sculptor, who, in conjunction with Diylius, executed in bronze a group which the Phocians dedicated at Delphi, after their victory over the Thessalians at the beginning of the Persian war, B. C. 480. (Paus. 10.1.4, 13.4; Hdt. 8.27.) The subject of this piece of sculpture was the contest of Heracles with Apollo for the sacred tripod. Heracles and Apollo were represented as both having hold of the tripod, while Leto and Artemis supported Apollo, and Heracles was encouraged by Athene. The legend to which the group referred is related by Pausanias (10.13.4); the reason for such a subject being chosen by the Phocians on this occasion, seems to be their own connexion with Apollo as guardians of the Delphic oracle, and, on the other hand, because the Thessalian chiefs were Heracleidae, and their war-cry "Athene Itonia." (Müller, Archäol. der Kunst, § 89, an. 3.) The attempt of Heracles to carry off the tripod seems to have been a favourite subject with the Greek artists : two or three representations of it are still extant. (Winckelmann, Werke, ix. p. 256, ed. 1825; Sillig, s.v. compare Diyllus, Chionis.) [P.S]
- Amyclae, I., of Amyclae, Laconian, V.
- Paus. 10.13.7