Definition of Scopas

1. scopa [n] - See also: scopa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scopas

scooted
scooter
scootered
scootering
scooterist
scooterists
scooterlike
scooters
scooting
scoots
scop
scopa
scopae
scopal
scoparin
scopas (current term)
scopate
scope
scope creep
scope out
scoped
scoped out
scopeless
scopelid
scopelids
scopeline
scopeloid
scopes
scopes out
scopiferous

Literary usage of Scopas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"Other Works of scopas in the Peloponnesos.— scopas' Works in Athens and Other ... scopas, somewhat older than Praxiteles, was not a native Athenian, ..."

2. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1825)
"This design was instigated by scopas. That general, seeing himself iit the head of all the foreign troops, the greatest part of which were ..."

3. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"scopas, AND LYSIPPUS The Modification of the Athenian Temperament brought ... Passion the Characteristic of scopas' Art.—Lysippus and his Work in Bronze. ..."

4. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1872)
"scopas was a native of the island of Paros. An un- draped Venus by him, ... Pliny says that he worked on the eastern side of it. But as scopas ..."

5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1841)
"scopas was employed upon the tomb of Mausolus, and had for his associates ... The eastern was given to scopas ; the northern to Bryaxis ; the southern to ..."

6. The English Cyclopaediaby Charles Knight by Charles Knight (1867)
"Each of the above-named artists completed one side. The eastern was given to scopas ; the northern to Bryaxis ; the southern to Timotheus ..."

7. A History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1852)
"... and scopas. He says that by their direction a small body of ... and scopas proceeded to strike the blow, which was their chief aim. ..."

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