ON THE PROGRESS OF SCULPTURE. 469 



sculptor of Messene is stated to have skilfully 

 restored the statue of Jupiter, at Olympia, after 

 the pieces of which it was composed began to 

 warp and discover their joints. Among other 

 prodigies related to have happened on the assassi- 

 nation of the emperor Caligula, Suetonius says, 

 " Olympise simulachrum Jovis, quod dissolvi 

 transferrique Romam placuerat, edidit cachin- 



Thus Hermes in Lucian, tells Jupiter that his 

 most splendid statues which were made of ivory, 

 only glitter on their outside with gold, but are 

 hollow within ; and offer accommodation to a 

 whole senate of mice. 



Various expedients, it appears, were resorted 

 to, in order to defend statues of this description 

 from the injuries to which they were exposed by 

 variations of temperature, or changes in the 

 atmosphere^both as to dryness or moisture. Thus 

 Pliny records that an ivory statue of Saturn, at 

 Rome, was filled with oil (VII. 53, 54). 



Another remarkable passage occurs in Pausa- 

 nias, V. II. p. lOB. He informs us that the statue 

 of Jupiter, in the temple of Jupiter Olympius, 



