philiscus

Updated: May 6, 2025

Then the masque of the Seasons swept by, and Philiscus followed, Philiscus the Corcyraean, the priest of Dionysus, and the favourite tragic poet of the court. After the prizes for the athletes had been borne past, Dionysus himself was charioted along, a gigantic figure clad in purple, and pouring libations out of a golden goblet.

of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion - Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose

To complete the number, Pius VI obtained the EUTERPE and the URANIA from the Lancellotti palace at Veletri. They are supposed to be antique copies of the statues of the Nine Muses by Philiscus, which, according to Pliny, graced the portico of Octavia.

Francis W. Blagdon - Paris as It Was and as It Is

Then came Philiscus the poet, the priest of Osiris, with all the servants of the god; then the Delphic tripods, the prizes which were to be given in the wrestling matches; that for the boys was nine cubits high, and that for the men twelve cubits high.

A. S. (Angelo Solomon) Rappoport - History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 10 (of 12)