 Zenobius speaks of both artists, but says that Acesas (or, as he calls him, Aceseus, ) was a native of Patara, and Helicon of Carystus.He tells us also that they were the first who made a peplos for Athena Polias.While the exact time of their lives is unknown, it must have been before the time of Euripides and Plato, who mention the peplos they made.