Helicon of Salamis

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