454 ON THE PROGRESS OF SCULPTURE. 



ascribed to Learchus, of Rhegium, a pupil of 

 Dipsenus and Scyllis ; or, according to other 

 authorities, of Daedalus.* 



Plastic modelling, or the art of forming figures 

 in soft masses, was first practised by Rhsecus, who 

 constructed the temple of Venus at Samos.f A 

 single bronze statue by this artist was seen by 

 Pausanias, in the temple of Diana at Ephesus, 

 where it was called " Night. "J A sitting figure 

 within the Acropolis of Athens, was the produc- 

 tion of Endseus, a pupil of Daedalus. || The chest 

 of Cypsalus a most interesting relic, carved out 

 of cedar, and inlaid with ivory and gold, was a 

 work of high antiquity. The cover and sides 

 were enriched by a variety of figures in distinct 

 groups.§ A marble statue of the Pancratiast 

 Arrachion, which stood in the forum at Phigalia, 

 was executed in the ancient style ; the arms being 

 braced close to the sides, and the feet hardly 



* ayakfjia ck i^aXK« iriiroirjlai naXatoraTOV navloiv OTrocra 

 £si x'^^'<^- Pausan. III. c. 17, p. 194. 



t Circa 700 A.C. Anachar. VII. 135. 



X Pausan. c 10, p. 686. 



II Pausan. c. 1, p. 26. 



§ A very interesting attempt to explain this has been made 

 by Professor Heyne, of Gottingen. 



