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 Geeek Sculpture. 187 us are those of a Samian family : Rhcecus, his son Telecles, and his grandson Theodorus, to whom the invention of the arts of modelling clay, engraving on metals, and gem- cutting has been attributed. Glaucus of Chios, who is said to have invented the art of smelting iron, was a famous bronze caster of the beginning of the seventh century B.C. Dipcenus and Scyllis (about 580 B.C.) of Crete were more famous than any of their predecessors. They worked at Sicyon, and their school spread throughout Greece, and even to Italy (Magna Grsecia). Many statues of gods found in the Peloponnesus and elsewhere have been attributed to it. A group discovered in the temple of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) at Argos is remarkable as showing the transition from wood to more costly materials. It represented the Dioscuri on horseback, and was carved in ebony, inlaid with ivory. Spartan artists took up the work begun by these Cretans, and developed the wood and ivory work into the chryselephantine (i. e. gold and ivory) statuary which sub- sequently became so famous. A group in cedar wood by the Spartan artists Hecyles and Theocles, representing the adventure of Hercules with the Hesperides (the guardians of the golden apples), was found in the treasure-house of the Epidamnians at Olympia. To Canachus of Sicyon, who flourished about 500 B.C., is attributed the celebrated colossal statue of Apollo, made for the sanctuary of Didyma near Miletus, which was carried away by the fugitive Xerxes. Ageladas of Argos was famous for his statues of athletes ; one of Cleosthenes of Epidamnus, on a chariot with four horses, was the admiration of all Greece.