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ANCIENT
ART.
i.
usb of art.
Works of ancient art, viewed only in respect of
art, should be esteemed, not according to then-
rarity or monetary value, but in proportion as they
affect our mind, as they raise in us the spirit of
admiration, or as they are capable of improving our
modern taste. It is unnecessary to enlarge on any
of these points. Alexander the Great, on seeing a
portrait of Palamedes, who was unjustly accused by
Ulysses, and put to death, trembled and changed
colour, thinking of his own conduct and cruelty
towards Aristonicus. We are told also that he
carried about with him a bust of Hercules, by
Lysippus, in order to encourage him in his under-
takings. Ceesar is said to have sighed on behold-
ing a statue of Alexander, which was placed in the
temple of Hercules, regretting that he could never
obtain an equal fame. Augustus declared that in
all the statues of great men Avhich he had erected,
ART.
i.
usb of art.
Works of ancient art, viewed only in respect of
art, should be esteemed, not according to then-
rarity or monetary value, but in proportion as they
affect our mind, as they raise in us the spirit of
admiration, or as they are capable of improving our
modern taste. It is unnecessary to enlarge on any
of these points. Alexander the Great, on seeing a
portrait of Palamedes, who was unjustly accused by
Ulysses, and put to death, trembled and changed
colour, thinking of his own conduct and cruelty
towards Aristonicus. We are told also that he
carried about with him a bust of Hercules, by
Lysippus, in order to encourage him in his under-
takings. Ceesar is said to have sighed on behold-
ing a statue of Alexander, which was placed in the
temple of Hercules, regretting that he could never
obtain an equal fame. Augustus declared that in
all the statues of great men Avhich he had erected,