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edifices with representations of maritime cities, a subject 

 which produces a most pleasing effect, and at a very trilling 

 expense. 



But as for fame, that has been reserved solely for the artists 

 who have painted pictures ; a thing that gives us all the more 

 reason to venerate the prudence displayed by the men of 

 ancient times. Tor with them, it was not the practice to 

 decorate the walls of houses, for the gratification of the 

 owners only; nor did they lavish all their resources upon a 

 dwelling which must of necessity always remain a fixture in 

 one spot, and admits of no removal in case of conflagration. 

 Protogenes was content with a cottage in his little garden ; 

 Apelles had no paintings on the plaster of his walls ; it not 

 being the fashion in their day to colour the party-walls of 

 houses from top to bottom. With all those artists, art was 

 ever watchful for the benefit of whole cities only, and in those 

 times a painter was regarded as the common property of all. 



Shortly before the time of the late Emperor Augustus, 

 Arellius was in high esteem at Eome ; and with fair reason, 

 had he not profaned the art by a disgraceful piece of profanity ; 

 for, being always in love with some woman or other, it was 

 his practice, in painting goddesses, to give them the features of 

 his mistresses ; hence it is, that there were always some figures 

 of prostitutes to be seen in his pictures. More recently, lived 

 Amulius," a grave and serious personage, but a painter in 

 the florid style. By this artist there was a Minerva, which 

 had the appearance of always looking at the spectators, from 

 whatever point it was viewed. He only painted a few hours 

 each day, and then with the greatest gravity, for he always 

 kept the toga on, even when in the midst of his implements. 

 The Golden Palace*^ of Nero was the prison-house of this 

 artist's productions, and hence it is that there are so few of 

 them to be be seen elsewhere. 



Next in repute to him were Cornelius Pinus and Attiua 

 Priscus, who painted the Temple of Honour and that of 

 Yirtue,^^ on their restoration by the Emperor Vespasianus 

 Augustus. Priscus approaches more closely to the ancient 

 masters. 



*i Most editions give " Famulus." Notbinj? further is known of him. 



"2 SeeB. xxxvi. c. 24. 



" Both in the First Region of the City, near the Capenian Gate. 



