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A andfohangedthemfelves. But furely this cannot bee true: for they lived many a faire day after, 
yea and wrought anumber of images in the Iflands adjacentto Chios, and namely in Delos: 
under which peeces of their worke, they fubfcribed certaine arrogantverfes tothis effect, Lhat 
che [land Chios wasnot onelyennobled for thevines there growing which ycelded fo good 
wine, but renowmed as well for 4nthermus histwo fonnes, who. made fo many fine and curious 
images, The Iflanders alfo of Iafushave to fhew,the image of Drana, their handyworke : within 
the lile of Chios, their native country there was likewifé another Di..aa of their making, where- 
of there goeth much talke,and which ftandeth aloftin a temple there : the vifage of which Diana 
isfo difpofed, thattoas many asenter into the place, it feemeth fad and heavic; but to themthat 
goe forth, it appeareth pleafant and merrie. Andin veric truth, there becertain {tatues at Rome 
of thefe mens doing, to wit,thofe which ftand upon the lanterne of 4pollostemple in the mount 
Palatine, and almoft generally in all thofe chappels which Asguflus C afar Emperout of glo- 
rious memorie,etected. Moreover, their father 4ather mus left behind him certaine images both 
in Delos, and alfoin the Ifland Lesbos. As for Dipauus, his workes were rife in Ambracia, Ar- 
gos, and Cleone,in which citties aman f{hould not fee acorner without them, But all the race of 
thefe, both father, grandfire, fonnes, and nephewes; wrought onely in white marble digged out 
of the Ifland Paros: and this {tone men began to call Lychnites, that is to fay, the candle mar- 
ble, not for the lightfome white colour which it carried(for many quarries were found afterwards 
of whiter and brighter marble, and namely of late daies in thofe about Luna in Tufcane) but as 
Varro mine authour faith, for thatthe pioners undermined the ground for that ftone, and labou- 
ted in hewing it continually by candle-light. But here commeth to my remembrancea ftraunge 
thing thatis recorded of the quarries in the IflandParos ; namely, Thatinone quartet thereof 
there was a veine of marblefound,which when it wascloven in waine with wedges, fhewed na- 
turally within, the true image and pariect pourtraiture of a Silenus imprinted in it.Neithermuft 
I forget tonote, that this art of graving imagesin ftone, is of greater antiquitie by farre than ei- 
ther painters craft or founderie and cafting ftatues;forbothpainters andalfo imageursin met- 
tall, began with P4édias about the 83 Olympias, which falleth outto be * three hundred and two .. Bye ; 
and thirtie yeers after Malas the firft graver in ftone, of name. This Phidias [though otherwife a osmpias was 
painter at the beginning, and a carver in yvorie] was himéelfe alfo a graver in marble; and the patie [pace 
image of Yen, which now ftandeth among the ftately building of Cézavia, was (as they fay) of botisleaeelt 
his cutting; a brave peece of worke, and in beautie furpaffing. This isknowne for certaine, that though itbe 
Alcamenesthe Athenian (a moft excellent graver in ftone) learned his skill under him 5 of whofe ae aie 
workemanthip there be anumber of ftatuesto befeene at Athens within the facred temples : *Some read 
befides, oneimage there is of Henvs,moft exqu:fitly wrought, flanding without the walls of the Meme id 
citie, and is knowne by thename of Aphrodite * tv.xnaers, [2d es, Venus in the Gardens: jand Min 
as itis faid, Ph:d:as himfelfe with his owne hands finifhed this Yeas : who alfo had another ap- * Out of yvo- 
ptentice underhim named 4goracritws of Paros, whome hee loved alfo for his fweetly youth : eNO 
in regard of which affection, it is faid, that many brave peece of his owne handyworke , hee was fnithed, being 
content fhould pafle under hisname, which hee dedicated to the immortall memorie of 4go- demanded at- 
racritws, Now thefe two apprentices of his {trove a-vie, whether of them couldmake the ftatue terre hee had 
of Venus better? and foitfell out, that A/camenes wan the victorie ; not in regard of finer and made the faid 
morecunning workemanthip, bur for thatthe cittieof Athens in favouring of their owne coun- ,08 & vet 
treyman, gave fentence on his fide againft 4goracritms,a {tranger and Parian borne ; who tooke to heavé Dae 
this repulleand difgrace in fuch difpleafure and indignation, that (by report) when hee fold the test forth? 
faid Venus of hisowne making, hee would notby any means paffe it away, but with this condi- or on one 
tion, That it fhould neverftand in the cittie of Athens; and withall, hee named it Nemefis, [7d 4, 4 waniinvin® 
of, Vengeance : Jand therefore fet up it was at Rhamnus, avillage fo called within the territorie ety st teeta 
of Attica; which image of Venus, M. Varro preferred beforeall other flares whatfoever. With- & ces ci, 
in the forefaid cittieof Athens, andin the chappell dedicated to the honour of Cybele the great &¢ liad. « 
: whereby h 
mother of the gods, there was another moft excellent ftatue or image,wrought by the hands of fanised, that 
ALO UTU US, : he bad made 
As touching Phidias, no man doubteth but he was the moft excellent graver that ever was,as hie Sen 
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all nations will contefle who ever have heard of that ftatue of Jupiter * O/ympius,which his owne poet pourcrai- 
hands wrought: but that all others alfo may know(whomnever faw his work nor the ftatues that he : ee Bae 
Cec made) a SD Ai 
