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niorisciJoptiicxtruiiufferat^obiitNontamenrcceffcruntsnifiab 

 ipforum artisc[5 monumentum iudfcantes^bodieq; ccrtant manus . Acccfsit 8C quintus 

 artifcx.Nancp fupra pteron pyramfs altitudineinferiorcm a^quauit, x x 1 1 1 1 gradibus 

 in mctx cacumcn fe contrahens. In funimo eft quadriga marmorea , quam fccit Pythis 

 Hxc adieda c x l pedum altitudine totum opus indudit • Timothei manu Diana Ro^ 

 m^ecftinPalatio Appollinis delubro^cuifignocaputrcpofuit Aulanius Euander Jn 

 magna admirationc eft & Herculcs Mcneftrati : &C Hecate Ephcfi in teplo Dianac poft 

 £cdem,i*n cuius contcmplatione admonent acditui parcere ocuIis,tanta marmoris radia* 

 tio eft.Non poftferuntur & Charites in propyIa:o Athenienfium , quas Socrates fccit, 

 aliu s ille quam pi(ftor,idem ut aliqui putant , Nam Myronis illius , qui in ^crc laudatur, lO 

 ^nus ebria cft Smyrna^ in primis inclyta . PoIIio Afinius utfuit acris uehementiac, fic 

 qu^cpfpedari monumentafua uoIuitJnijs funtcentaurinymphas gerentcs Archefi* , 

 t<e,ThefpiadesCleomcnis,Oceanus&:IupiterEntochi,HippiadesStcphani,Herme* 



rotcs Taurifci non ca^Iatoris illius , fed Tralliani.Iupitcr hofpitalis Pamphili Praxitclis 

 ,difcipuIi.Zctus Sc Amphion ac Dircc & taurus, uinculum^ cx codem lapide, Rhodo; 

 ^duccSa opcra Apolloni] & Taurifci* Parcntum i) ccrtamen dcfefcccrc, Menccratcm. 

 uideri profefst,fed eftc naturalem Artemidorum,EodcmIoco LiberpatcrEutychidi* 

 |audatur,ad OcSauiae uerc) porticum Apollo Philifci Rhodij in dclubro fuo» Item Lato 

 na & Diana,& Mufac nouem, & alter ApoIIo nudus* Eum qui citharam ifi codem tem 

 pIotenctTimarchidcsfccit^Intra Odauia; ucrcJporticusina^dc lunonis ipfamdcam 20 

 Dionyfius &C Polyclestaftam Vcnercm eodcmloco Philifcus ♦ Ca(?tcra figna Praxitelcs^ 

 Itcm Polycles &C Dionyfius Timarchidis fili] Ioucm,qui cft in proxima edc fcccrut^Pa 

 m & Olympum Iudantes,codem loco Heliodorus,quod cft altcrum in terris fymplcg- 

 ina nobilc, Vcnercm lauantcm fcfc, D^dalum ftante Polycharmus * Ex honorc apparct 

 in mapna autoritatchabitum Ly fi^ opus, quod in palatio fupcr arcum diuus Auguftus 

 honori Ocflaui} patris fui dicauit in ^dicula columnis adornataJd cft quadriga currusq^ 

 . 8^ Apollo ac Diana cx uno lapideJn hortis Seruilianis repcrio laudatos,CaIamidis A^ 

 'pollincm illius cj^Iatoris , Dadylidis Pythias , Amphiftrati Callifthcncm hiftoriarum 

 fcriptorcm.dcindc multorum obfcurior fama cft , quorundam claritati in opcribus cxi^ 

 mijsobftantcnumcro artificum,quoniamnccunus occupatgIoriarn,nccpIurcspari:« 30 

 tcr nuncupari poflunt,ficut in Laocoonte qui eft inTiti impcratoris domO, opus omni. 

 bus &r pi&urc 8c ftatuariac artis pr^fcrcndu ♦ Ex uno lapide eum &libcros draconumq^ 



mirabilcs nexus dc conQli) Centcnti^ fccerc fummi artificcs Agefandcr & Polydorus Sc 



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gnis Craterus cum PythodorOjPoIydedles cum HcrmoIao,Pythodorus alius cum Ar;* 

 tcmone,& fingularis Aphrodifius Trallianus* AgrippgPantheum decorauitDiogc^ 

 ncs Athcnicnfis , 8c Caryatides in columnis tcmpli cius probantur intcr pauca operii: 

 ijcut in faftigio pofita figna , fed proptcr altitudincm loci minus cclcbrata ♦ Inhpnorus 

 .cft ncc in tcniplo ullo Hcrcules,ad qucm Poeni omnibus annis humana facrificaucrunt 

 uic^lima , humi ftans,antc aditum porticus ad nationcs fitae ♦ Fucrc Sd Thcfpiades ad a:- 40 

 dcm Fclicitatis,quaru unam adamauit cqucs Romanus lunius Pifciculus,ut tradit Var* 

 ,ro:admiratur &: Pafitclcs,qui 8c quincp uolumina fcripfit nobilium opcrum in toto or^ 

 be.Natus hic in Grarciac Italia: ora,&: ciuitatc Romana donatus cum i]s oppidis,Ioucm 

 jFccit cburneum in Metclli a:dc,qua campus pctitun Accidit ei cum in naualibus ub 

 rx Africa? crant pcr caucam intuens lconec3clarct,ut cx alia cauca panthcra erumpcrct, 



no Icui pcriculo diligentifsimi artificis.FecifTc opcra coplura dicitur,fcd qug fcccrit no;* 

 xninatim non refertur . Arccfilaum quoquc magnificat Varro,cuius fe marmorcam ha^ 

 buiflele^nam tradif,aIigeroscpIudcntcs cum ca Cupidincs,quorum altj rcligatam tenc 

 rcnt,altj c cornu cogerent bibcre,alij calciaret foccis,omnes cx uno lapidc Jdem & a Co 



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