Chap. 19] CELEBEATED WORKS IN BEASS. 171 



.ade in brass, beside the A~ *-- ,f ^^^^ from lufine 

 of such exqmsxte beauty that it r^c^^^ ^^^ ,^„ther 



proportions." He also ^adet ^^ ^^^^ .^ ^^^ 



the Sumenos« The statue of an effeminate youth, and 



t.:; frw\f ^pU^Sr t&^l of'lS. Lucian prefer it to every 

 Other work of Phidias. i j-„„ Vovq '♦ The kev was one of the 



.;rsT3^^se^;^":ro?Ss.j^^^^^^^ 



''Ti^':kdemFort«nceh«juscediei." ThU reading atat wUoh there ha. 

 been sote doubt, is supported by an anc.ent >";»"?'»■' "g''^'''"'- 



him in merit, and Polyc etus «^ ^^^f^' J^^^^S It 



also executed many capital works some of wh^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^.^^ 



appears that Cicero, \itruvms, Stiabo g^/^^^^^^^^^^^ i's very correct 



h^?e also confounded these two artists ^^^^^J^^f ^.^^ y^^^^ ^^ 



in the accountwhichhe gives us of^\^XomhS^ observations that we 

 ^XrZ^^^i^^^^^ -any eminent write. 

 '1 'De'i?;;^lm the head-dress of the statue, which had the " head orna- 

 mented with a fillet " Lucian mentions it. 



:: " tl'r?^" Thrno doubt was tke same statue as the Doryphoros. 

 See Cicero, Brut. 86, 296. 



