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Lysistratus

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a Greek sculptor of the 4th century B.C.,, brother of Lysippus of Sicyon. We are told by Pliny (Nat. Hist. 35, 1 53) that he followed a strongly realistic line, being the first sculptor to take impressions of human faces in plaster.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lysistratus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​l/lysistratus.html. 1910.
 
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