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lapius by the same hand; and at Thebes two
colossal statues of Hercules and Minerva. Al-
camenes was supposed to be the first who
formed images of Hecate with a triple body.

Cotemporary with the two last mentioned,
was Myron, of Eleutherae, a village in Boeotia; My von,
whom, upon the authority of Pausanias% we
may rank among Athenian sculptors, and
those, indeed, of the first rate of excellence. He
was the pupil of Agelades, and was equally
skilful in casting metal, and in executing sta-
tues of wood or marble. He particularly ex*
celled in heads, and acquired an immortal re-
putation by his exact adherence to the truth
of nature. Few Grecian artists have been
more extolled; Cicero and Pliny bear honour-
able testimony to his abilities.

In the Acropolis was a brazen statue, by
Myron, of a young Lycius holding in his
hand a vessel for the purpose of lustration ;
and Perseus slaying Medusa; in the island of
iEgina, a figure of Hecate; two statues at
Olympia, dedicated byLycinus a famous Spar-

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'AtyvmQV itQirjpara. Pausan. vi, 2.