Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Aristonidas

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870)
Various Authors, edited by William Smith

Aristonidas

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1965454Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology — Aristonidas1870Various Authors

ARISTONIDAS, a statuary, one of whose productions is mentioned by Pliny (H. N. xxxiv. 14. s. 40) as extant at Thebes in his time. It was a statue of Athamas, in which bronze and iron had been mixed together, that the rust of the latter, showing through the brightness of the bronze, might have the appearance of a blush, and so might indicate the remorse of Athamas. [C. P. M.]