Chap. 5.1 THE .SGraETAy BHASS. 151 



arc those -which these men of taste metamorphose, sometimes 

 into dishes, sometimes into lamps, or even into washing- 

 basin s, :i without any regard to decency. They are of three 

 kinds; the white variety, approaching very nearly to the 

 splendour of silver, and in which that metal forms a largo 

 proportion of the compound; a second kind, in which the 

 yellow colour of gold predominates ; and a third, in which all 

 the metals are mixed in equal proportions. Besides these, 

 there is another mixture, the composition of which it is im- 

 possible to describe, for although it has been formed into 

 images and statues by the Land of man, it is chance that rules 

 in the formation of the compound. This last is highly prized 

 for its colour, which approaches to that of liver, and it is 

 on this account that it is called " hepatizon :"'* it is far in- 

 ferior to the Corinthian metal, but much superior to the 

 ./Eginetan and Deli an, which long held the first rank. 



CHAP 4. THE DF.LIAN BRASS. 



The Delian brass was the first 27 that became famous, all the 

 world coming to Delos to purchase it ; and hence the attention 

 paid to the manufacture of it. It was in this island that 

 brass first obtained celebrity for the manufacture of the feet 

 and supports of dining- couches. After some time it came 

 to be employed for the statues of the gods, and the effigies of 

 men and other animated beings. 



CHAP. 5. THE JEGINETAN BRASS. 



The next most esteemed brass was the -ZEginetan; the 

 island itself being rendered famous for its brass not indeed 

 that the metal was produced there, but because the annealing 

 of the JKginetan manufactories was so excellent. A brazen 

 Ox, which was taken from this island, now stands in the 

 Forum l>cariunr s at Koine. This is a specimen of the 

 u'Eginetau metal, as the Jupiter in the Temple of Jupiter 



" "Trulleos." In nn epigram of Martial, B. ix. Ep. 97, the vrord 

 " trulla" signifies a chamber-pot. uc From the Greek /7rap, " the liver." 



* 7 The 1'elian br.iss is nn-ntioned by Cicero, in his oration "Pro Itoscio 

 JVmerino," 6. -1C, and in his Fourth oration " In Verrem," s. 1. B. Pau- 

 panins, in his '* llliaca," says that the Spanish copper, or copper of Tartes- 

 FU.S, \vas the first known. 



ss Or Cattle Market: in the Eighth Region of the City. See B. 

 c. 7, and Chapter 16 of this Uook. 



