Lysistratus

Lȳsistrătus, i, m.,

• the brother of Lysippus, who first made statues of gypsum, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 91; 35, 12, 44, § 153.

Lȳsistrătus, ī, m. , (Λυσίστρατος), statuaire, frère de Lysippe : Plin. 34, 91.

Lysis'tratus

of Sicyon, statuary, was the brother of Lysippus, with whom he is placed by Pliny at the 114th Olympiad (H. N. 34.8. s. 19.) He devoted himself entirely to the making of portraits, and, if we may believe Pliny, his portraits were nothing more than exact likenesses, without any ideal beauty. (Hic et similitudinem reddere instituit: ante eum quam pulcherrimas facere studebant.) He was the first who took a cast of the human face in gypsum; and from this mould he produced copies by pouring into it melted wax. (Plin. Nat. 35.12. s. 44.) He made a statue of Melanippe. (Tatian. ad v. Graec. 54, p. 117, ed. Worth.) [P.S]

Lysistrătus

(Λυσίστρατος). A statuary of Sicyon, who flourished in the 114th Olympiad. He was the brother of the celebrated Lysippus (Pliny , Pliny H. N. xxxv. 12, 44). He is said to have been the first artist who made use of gypsum moulds for casts of the human face.

Lysistratus Lysistratus, a Spartan general

• Paus. 3.8.5

Lysistratus(2), an Argive

• Paus. 2.36.5

Lysistratus(3), an Athenianoracle-monger

• Hdt. 8.96

Lysistratus(4), Corinthian general

• Paus. 4.19.2