The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Critius
(krsh´s) (KEY) , or Kritios (krt´s) (KEY) , and Nesiotes (nsh´tz) (KEY) , fl. 5th cent. B.C., Greek sculptors, in the time of the Persian Wars. They made statues of the Tyrannicides, Harmodius and Aristogiton, who slew the tyrant Hipparchus. The works replaced a group by Antenor taken from Athens by Xerxes and later returned. The originals have disappeared, but a number of Roman reproductions survive. The most complete marble copies are those in the national museum at Naples. Critius, probably a pupil of Antenor, established a school of sculpture at Athens.
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