The poniard, with her life-blood dyed,
When Arria to her Pætus gave,
“’Twere painless, my beloved,” she cried,
“If but my death thy life could save.”[98]
Another brief epigram is on some fishes, supposed to be the work of the great sculptor Phidias:
These fishes Phidias wrought; with life by him
They are endowed; add water and they swim.[99]
These lines also refer to a work of art:
That lizard on the goblet makes thee start.
Fear not; it lives only by Mentor’s art.[100]