280 PLINY'S NATUUAL HISTORY. [Hook XXXV 



it took place on the river Xilus, the waters of which are similar 

 in appearance to those of the sea, he employed an emblem to 

 disclose that which would not admit of expression by art ; for he 

 painted an ass drinking on the shore, and a crocodile lying in 

 wait for him. 10 



CEnias has painted a Family Group ; Philiscus, a Painter's 

 Studio, with a boy blowing the lire; Phalerion, a Scylla; Si- 

 monides, an Agatharchus and a Mnemosyne ; Simus, a youth 

 reposing, a Fuller's Shop, a person celebrating the Quinqua- 

 tria, 11 and a Xemesis of great merit. Ly Theorus 12 there is a 

 Man Anointing himself; a picture of the Murder of JEgisthus 

 and Clytaemnestra by Orestes ; and a representation of the 

 Trojan War, in a series of paintings, now at Home, in the 

 Porticos 13 of Philippus : a Cassandra 14 also, in the Temple of 

 Concord ; a Leontium, the mistress of Epicurus, in an attitude 

 of meditation ; and a King Demetrius. 14 Theou 10 has painted 

 the Frenzy 17 of Orestes, and a Thainyras 1 * playing on the 

 lyre; Tauriscus, a Discobolus, 19 a Clyttemnestra, a Pan in mini- 

 ature, a Polynices claiming* the sovereignty, and a Cupaneus.* 1 



In speaking of these artists, I must not omit to mention 

 one memorable circumstance : Krigonus, who was colour- 

 grinder to the painter Xealces, himself made such .progress in 

 the art as to leave a very celebrated pupil, Pasias, the brother of 

 JEidneta, the modeller. It is also a very singular fact, and one 

 well deserving of remark, that the last works of these artists, 

 their Tin finished paiutings,in fact, are held in greater admiration 

 than their completed works; the Iris of Aristides, for instance, 

 the Tyndaridar- of Xicomachus, the Medea of Timomachus,- 3 

 and the Venus of Apelles, 21 already mentioned. For in such 



10 According to Brotero, a representation of the Ass and Crocodile was 

 found in the pictorial embellishments ut Ilerculaneum. 



11 See B. ivii. c. 3G, 15. xviii. c. 5G, and 13. xix. c. 21. 



12 "Tbeodorus" in most of the editions. 



13 See Chapter 3G of this Book, page 2.32. 



J * See the J^n* id, B. II. c. 403, tt acy. 15 Toliorcctcs. 



lc A native of Samos, mentioned by Quintilinn, T5. xii. c. 10, as one of 

 the painters between the time of Philip and that of the successors of Alex- 

 ander. '" After the murder of his mother. lw See B. vii. c. 57. 



<J Against his brother Ku-ocles. 19 Or player with the discus. 



21 "Who assisted Polynices in his siege of Thebes. 



23 HfU-n; Castor, and Pollux. 23 Sec B. vii. c. 37. 



24 Mentioned in Chapter 30, as having been commenced for the people 

 of Cos, but never tinishtd. 



