Chap. 36.] ARTISTS WHO PAINTED WITH THE PENCIL. 267 



painter. Even to this day, the story is still attached to the 

 picture which he was then engaged upon, to the effect, that 

 Protogenes painted it beneath the sword. It is his Satyr, 

 known as the '' Anapauomenos ;"^ in whose hand, to mark the 

 sense of security that he felt, the painter has placed a pair of 

 pipes. 



Protogenes executed also, a Cydippe ; a Tlepolemus ; a 

 portrait of Philiscus, the tragic poet, in an attitude of medi- 

 tation ; an Athlete ; a portrait of King Antigonus, and one of 

 the mother of Aristotle.' It was this philosopher too, who 

 advised him to paint the exploits of Alexander the Great, as 

 being certain to be held in everlasting remembrance. The 

 impulse, however, of his natural disposition, combined with a 

 certain artistic caprice, led him in preference to adopt the 

 various subjects which have just been mentioned. His last 

 wcrks were representations of Alexander and the god Pan. 

 He also executed some figures in bronze, as already" stated. 



At the same period also, lived Asclepiodorus,^ who was 

 greatly admired by Apelles for his proportions. The tyrant 

 Mnason^" paid him, for his picture of the Twelve Gods, at the 

 rate of thirty minse for each divinity. This same Mnason also 

 paid Theomnestus twenty minae for each of his Heroes. 



In addition to these, it is only proper to mention Nicomachus," 

 the son and disciple of Aristiseus. He painted a Eape of 

 Proserpina, a picture that was formerly in the Temple of 

 Minerva in the Capitol, above the shrine of Juventas.^^ Another 

 picture of his was to be seen also in the Capitol, placed there by 

 the Roman general Plancus,^^ a Victory soaring aloft in a 

 chariot: he was the first painter who represented Ulysses 

 wearing the pileus.^* He painted also an Apollo and Diana ; 

 the Mother^^ of the Gods seated on a Lion ; the fine picture 

 of the Bacchantes, with Satyrs moving stealthily towards 



^ " In repose." 



"' Phsestis, or Phoestias by name. ^ Jn b, xxxiv. c. 19. 



^ A native of Athens, ranked by Plutarch with Euphranor ani Nicias. 

 ^^^ Tyrant of Elatea, mentioned already in this Chapter. See Note 89. 



11 Supposed by Sillig to have been a native of Thebes. 



12 Or " Youth ;" in the Eighth Eegion of the City. 



13 See B. xiii. c. 5. 



1* A round, closely-fitting skull cap, made of felt. St. Jerome. Epist. 

 120, speaks of Ulysses as beine^ thiis represented in paintings. Statues of 

 him with the "pileus" are still to be seen. i^ See B. ii. c. 6. 



