Olymp. B.C. CXIX. 1. 304 CXX. 300 CXXII. 292 CXXV. 2. CXXVI. Names of Artists, &c. Protogenes of Caunus paints in the This was probably the age of Praxiteles Cephisodotus II., a statuary, sculptor, 280 Omphalio, a painter, flourishes. 279 276 Pisto and Xenocrates flourish as statuaries. Cantharus, the Sicyonian, practises the art of statuary; and Mydo of Soli, and Arcesilaus III., probably of Sicyon, that of painting. Nealces and Arigonus flourish as paint ers. Timanthes II., painter, flourishes. Anaxandra, the daughter of Nealces, Mico III., of Syracuse, flourishes as a statuary. Stadieus, Athenian statuary, flourishes. Cossutius, Roman architect, flourishes. 176 Heraclides I., a Macedonian, and Me- P. Terentius flourishes. Pacuvius, the tragic poet and painter, flourishes. Arcesilaus IV., sculptor, the intimate friend of L. Lucullus, flourishes. Valerius of Ostia flourishes as an architect. The following artists flourished about this period: Pasiteles, statuary, sculptor, and engraver; Timomachus of Byzantium, and Arellius, painters; Cyrus, architect; Posidonius of Ephesus, statuary and engraver; Leostratides, and Pytheas I., engravers ; Coponius, Roman sculptor; and Epitynchanus, engraver on precious stones. In this period Pasiteles still practises the arts of sculpture and engraving, and the following artists also flourish Saurus, Batrachus, Diogenes, Lysias, and, probably, Stephanus, sculptors; Aulanius Evander, Athenian sculptor and engraver; Dionysius, Sopolis, Ludius, Pedius, a youth, and Lala, a female, born at Cyzicus, painters; Dioscorides and Admo, engravers on gems; and Posis, a Roman modeller. Chimarus, a statuary, flourishes; probably, Menelaus, a sculptor. Dorotheus and Fabullus, flourish as painters; Meno, the Athenian, as a statuary and sculptor; and Xenodorus as a statuary. Agesander, Athenodorus his son, and Polydorus, make for Titus, who afterwards became emperor, the celebrated group of the Laocoon. To this period also belong Craterus, the two Pythadori, Polydectes, Hemolaus, Artemo, and Aphrodisias of Tralles, sculptors; Cornelius Pinus, Attius Priscus, Turpilius the Venetian, and Artemedorus, painters; and Evodus, an engraver on precious stones. Corinth destroyed. Greece subjected to the Ro mans. Cicero, Cæsar, Varro, and Sallust flourish. Battle of Pharsalia. Battle of Philippi. Battle of Actium. Augustus emperor. constituted Horace, Virgil, Livy, Tibullus, and Vitruvius flourish. Palatine library of Augustus formed. LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL GREEK AND ROMAN ARCHITECTS. (From Gwilt's Encyclopædia of Architecture.) Principal Works. Labyrinth at Lemnos; some buildings at Temple of Apollo at Delphi; a temple Aqueducts, with many other edifices at Wooden bridge over the Thracian Bosphorus, Temple of Jupiter Olympius at Olympia. Assisted Ictinus in the erection of the Propylæa of the Parthenon. A temple of Jupiter at Athens. One side of the tomb of Mausolus; a column of the temple at Ephesus. Many temples, and other edifices, at Syra cuse. Temples, &c., at Rhodes. Temple of the Ionian Esculapius. Temple of Apollo at Magnesia. Plan of the city of Alexandria. Rebuilt the temple of Diana at Ephesus; Reputed inventor of the Corinthian order. Enlarged the arsenal and the Piræus at Several temples, and a theatre at Argos. at Athens. Temple of Jupiter Stator (Minerva Chalci dica) in the Forum at Rome; temple of Mars in the Circus Flaminius. Temple of Honour and Virtue, near the trophies of Marius at Rome. Principal Works. Several amphitheatres with roofs. These two architects built several temples at Rome. The name of the first (BárpaXos) signifies a frog; and that of the latter (oavpos) a lizard; and they perpetuated their names on some of their works by the allegorical representation of these two animals sculptured upon them. The churches of St. Eusebius and of St. Lorenzo fuori le Mura, at Rome, still contain some columns whose pedestals are sculptured with a lizard and a frog. Rebuilt the Pharos of Alexandria, at the command of Cleopatra, the other having fallen down. Architect to Cicero. Many works at Rome and Naples. Grotto at Puzzuoli; grotto of Annæ. Several buildings at Rome; the first Roman who wrote on architecture. LIST OF ROMAN EMPERORS, EMPRESSES, AND THEIR RELATIONS. CAIUS JULIUS CÆSAR, Son of C. Cæsar and of Aurelia, born 100, pontifex maximus 63, prætor 62, consul 59, dictator 48, assassinated 44 B.C. CORNELIA, wife of Cæsar, daughter of L. Cinna, died 68 B.C. JULIA, daughter of Cæsar and Cornelia, married to Pompey 59 B.C., died 54 B.C. JULIA, sister of Cæsar and wife of M. Atius Balbus. ATIA, daughter of M. A. Balbus and Julia, wife of Caius Octavius, mother of Augustus. C. OCTAVIUS, father of Augustus, died 58 B.C. CAIUS OCTAVIUS CÆSAR AUGUSTUS, Son of C. Octavius and Atia, niece of Julius Cæsar, born 63 B.C., declared emperor 29 B.C., obtained the name of Augustus 27 B.C., died 14 A.D. CLODIA, daughter of Clodius and Fulvia, first wife of Octavius. SCRIBONIA, second wife of Octa vius, married 40 B.C., was divorced by him in order to marry Livia. LIVIA DRUSILLA, was married first to Tib. Claudius, and afterwards became third wife of Augustus, born 57 B.C., died 29 A.D. OCTAVIA, sister of Augustus, married first to C. Marcellus 50 B.C., and subsequently to Antony 40 B.C., died 11 B.C. MARCELLUS, son of C. Marcellus and Octavia, married to Julia, daughter of Augustus, was adopted by him, and was destined to be his successor, but died in 23 B.C. MARCELLA, daughter of C. Marcellus and Octavia, was thrice married-first, to M. Agrippa; second, to Julius Antonius; third, to Sextus Appuleius. MARCUS AGRIPPA, son-in-law of Augustus, born 63 B.C., died 12 A.D. JULIA, daughter of Augustus and Scribonia; wife of M. Marcellus, Marcus Agrippa, and lastly of Tiberius, born 39 B.C., died 14 A.D. CAIUS and LUCIUS, sons of M. Agrippa and Julia-Caius, born 20 B.C., Cæsar 17 B.C., died 4 B.C.; Lucius, born 17 B.C., Cæsar. same year, died 2 A.D. AGRIPPA POSTUMUS, son of M. Agrippa and Julia, born 12 B.C., Cæsar 4 A.D., killed 14 A.D. JULIA, daughter of M. Agrippa and Julia; wife of L. Æmilius Paulus, banished by her grandfather, Augustus, to the island Tremerus, died 28 A.D. |