A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

(Ἑλικών), the son of Acesas, of Salamis, in Cyprus, was a celebrated artist in weaving variegated garments and hangings. He made the war cloak (ἐπιπόρπαμα) which the Rhodians presented to Alexander the Great. (Plut. Alex. 32.) Plutarch's addition to his name of the words τοῦ παλαιοῦ, makes it probable that he lived about the time of Phidias, under whose direction we know that artists of his class (ποικιλται) wrought. (Plut. Per. 12.) The celebrated works of Helicon and his father are mentioned under ACESAS. (Müller, Archäol. d. Kunst. § 114, n. 1, and Nachträge, p. 706.)

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