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CANACHUS , a sculptor of See also:Sicyon in See also:Achaea, of the latter See also:part of the 6th See also:century B.C . He was especially noted as the author of two See also:great statues of See also:Apollo, one in See also:bronze made for the See also:temple at See also:Miletus, and one in See also:cedar See also:wood made for See also:Thebes . The coins of Miletus furnish us with copies of the former and show the See also:god to have held a See also:stag in one See also:hand and a See also:bow in the other . The rigidity of these See also:works naturally impressed later critics . |
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