proper noun
Scŏpas
Meaning
- A famous Grecian sculptor of Paros
Scŏpas, ae, m., = Σκόπας.
I. A famous Grecian sculptor of Paros, who flourished between the 97th and 105th Olympiads, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 49; Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; Hor. C. 4, 8, 6; Mart. 4, 39, 3.—
II. A very rich Thessalian in the time of Simonides, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352; Quint. 11, 2, 14 (cf. Phaedr. 4, 24).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
Biography & mythologyScopasScopas (Σκόπας), one of the most distinguished sculptors of the later Attic school, was a native of Paros, which was then subject to Athens (Strab. xi…GeographyScopasScopas (Σκόπας), an eastern tributary of the Sangarius in Galatia, which according to Procopius (de Aed. 5.4) joined the Sangarius, 10 miles east of t…