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grande et archimedi geometricae ac machinalis scientiae testimonium m. marcelli contigit interdicto, cum syracusae caperentur, ne violaretur unus, nisi fefellisset imperium militaris inprudentia. laudatus est et chersiphron gnosius aede ephesi dianae admirabili fabricata, philon athenis armamentario cd navium, ctesibius pneumatica ratione et hydraulicis organis repertis, dinochares metatus alexandro condente in aegypto alexandriam. idem hic imperator edixit ne quis ipsum alius quam Apelles pingeret, quam pyrgoteles scalperet, quam lysippus ex aere duceret. quae artes pluribus inclaruere exemplis. aristidis thebani pictoris unam tabulam centum talentis rex attalus licitus est, octoginta emit duas caesar dictator, mediam et aiacem timomachi, in templo veneris genetricis dicaturus. candaules rex bularchi picturam magnetum exitii, haut mediocris spati, rependit auro. rhodum non incendit rex demetrius expugnator cognominatus, ne tabulam protogenis cremaret a parte ea muri locatam. Praxiteles marmore nobilitatus est cnidiaque venere praecipue vesano amore cuiusdam iuvenis insigni et Nicomedis aestimatione regis grandi cnidiorum aere alieno permutare eam conati. Phidiae iuppiter olympius cotidie testimonium perhibet, mentori capitolinus et diana ephesia, quibus fuere consecrata artis eius vasa.

Naturalis Historia. Pliny the Elder. Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff. Lipsiae. Teubner. 1906.

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