Sicyonian
- a word derived from Sicyon.
Example Sentences
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“The vote, the vote!” urged the Sicyonian chief, from Adeimantus’s elbow, and the voting went on.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
Ephorus of Ephesus was his first teacher, but attracted by the renown of the Sicyonian school he went and studied at Sicyon.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
The art probably culminated in Apelles, the Titian of his age, who united the rich coloring and sensual charms of the Ionian with the scientific severity of the Sicyonian school.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John
I thought this Sicyonian youth had been only a lover of liberty and of his fellow-citizens, but now I look upon him as a good judge of the manners and actions of kings.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
Before all, however, ranks the great Apelles, who united the advantages of his native Ionia—grace, sensual charms, and rich coloring—with the scientific accuracy of the Sicyonian school.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
