Alypus ( grc-gre, Ἄλυπος) was a sculptor of ancient Greece, a native of

Sicyon Sicyon (; el, Σικυών; ''gen''.: Σικυῶνος) or Sikyon was an ancient Greek city state situated in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea on the territory of the present-day regional unit of Corinthia. An ancient mo ...

. He studied under Naucydes of Argos. His age may be fixed from his having executed bronze statues of some

Sparta Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred ...

ns who shared in the victory of

Lysander Lysander (; grc-gre, Λύσανδρος ; died 395 BC) was a Spartan military and political leader. He destroyed the Athenian Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital a ...

at Aegospotami around 405 BC. Pausanias also mentions some statues of victors of the Ancient Olympic Games made by him. Pausanias, ''Description of Greece vi. 1. § 2, x. 9. § 4, vi. 1. § 2, 8. § 3

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