Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 144
sing at his work, as Theophrastos, in his treatise on Happiness,tells us. And he uttered marvels when he was painting theHerakles at Lindos, saying that the god appeared to him in adream and posed himself as was fitting for a picture. Hencehe wrote upon the painting: As many a time in nightly… … Sacrifice of IphigeneiaPompeian wall painting his painting of a hero he touched perfection, and comprehended in it the whole art of painting themale figure. His Sacrifice of Iphigeneia was one 122 THE GREEK PAINTERS ART of the most celebrated pictures of antiquity. Froma well-known Pompeian wall…
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