(
1. A Sicyonian artist, about whose age the greatest uncertainty long prevailed, as one work
of his is mentioned which must have been executed before Ol. 75, and another 80 years later,
which seems to be, and indeed is, impossible. The fact is, that there were two artists of the
name of Canachus, both of Sicyon, and probably grandfather and grandson. This was first
suggested by Schorn (Ueb. d. Stud. d. Griech. Künstler, p. 199) and
adopted by Thiersch (Epoch. Anm. pp. 38-44), K. O. Müller, and
Böckh. The work which must have been finished Kunstblatt, 1821, N. 16) thinks, that this statue cannot have been executed
before l.c.) shews that the colossus might very well have
escaped the general ruin, and therefore needs not have been placed there after the destruction
of the city. Finding that all indications point to the interval between O1. 60 and 68 (AGELADAS]; for, together with this artist and with his own brother, Aristocles, he
executed three Muses, who symbolically represented the diatonic, chromatic, and enharmonic
styles of Greek music. Besides these works, we find the following mentioned: Riding (l.c., 9.10.2.) For Cicero's judgment of Canachus's performances,
see CALAMIS.