Chap. 40.] 7EMALE PAINTERS. 281 



works as these, we not only see the outline depicted, and the 

 very thoughts of the artist expressed, hut have the composition 

 additionally commended to our notice by the regrets which we 

 must necessarily feel on finding the hand that commenced it 

 arrested by death. 



There are still some other artists, who, though by no means 

 without reputation, can only be noticed here in a summary 

 manner: Aristocydes; Anaxander; Aristobulus of Syria; 

 Arcesilas, 2n sou of Tisicrates ; Co v o.'bos, a pupil of Nicomachua; 

 Charmantides, a pupil of Euphranor ; Dionysodofus of Colophon ; 

 Dicofcogenes, a contemporary of King Demetrius ;" Euthymides; 

 Heraclides' 9 of Macedon ; Milo of Soli, a pupil of the statuary* 

 Pyromachus ; Mnasitheus of Sicyou ; Mnusitimus, the son and 

 yupil of Aristonidas; w Jsessus, sou of llabrou ; 30 1'olemon of 

 Alexandria; Theodorus of Sames, and Stadieus, pupils of 

 Ricpsthenes ; and Xeno of Sicyon, a pupil of Xeocles. 



There have been some female painters also. Timarete, the 

 daughter of Micon, 31 painted a Diana at Ephesus, one of the 

 very oldest panel-paintings known. Irene, daughter and 

 pupil of the artist Cratinus, 33 painted a figure of a girl, now 

 at Elcusis, a Calypso, au Aged Man, the juggler Theodorus, 

 arid Aleisthenes the dancer. Aristarete, daughter and pupil of 

 Xearchus, painted an JKseulapius. laia of Cy/icus, who always 

 remained single, painted at Home, in the youth' of M. Yarro, 

 both with the brush, and with the graver, 33 upon ivory, her sub- 

 jects being female portraits mostly. At Naples, there is a large 

 picture by her, the portrait of an CM Woman ; as also a portrait 

 of herself, taken by the aid of a mirror. There was no painter 

 superior to her for expedition ; while at the same time her 

 artistic skill was such, that her works sold at much higher 

 prices than thoso of the most celebrated portrait-painters of 



26 Sec I*, xxxiv. cc. 19, 39. Sillig is of opinion that the picture men- 

 tioned by Pausanias. 1>. I. c. 1, in honour of Leosthenes, killed in the La- 

 miari \Var t H.C:. TJ3, was by this artist. 



' 3'oliorcc'tcs, who Ix-^un to rvijjn u.c. 306. 



2H Already rm utioiu-d in this Chapter, at greater length. 



29 See U. xxxiv. c. -10. 



30 Sec Chapter 30 of this Boole, nnd the present Chapter. Of the greater 

 part of those artists nothing further is known. 



al See Cliapt* r :>'> of this Jhmk. 



3 - I'reviously mentioned in this Chapter. 33 Or stylus ' ccstrura." 



