[1201] As King Attalus was very skilful in medicine, Hardouin is of opinion that he is the person here meant; see end of B. viii.
[1202] A different person, most probably, from the writer of Pliny’s age, mentioned in B. xxxvii. c. [2]. The Xenocrates here mentioned is probably the same person that is spoken of in B. xxxv. c. [36], a statuary of the school of Lysippus, and the pupil either of Tisicrates or of Euthycrates, who flourished about B.C. 260.
[1203] There were two artists of this name, prior to the time of Pliny; a sculptor, mentioned by him in B. xxxiv. c. [19], and a painter, contemporary with Apelles, mentioned in B. xxxv. c. [36]. It is impossible to say which of them, if either, is here meant.
[1204] See end of B. iii.
[1205] See end of B. xii.
[1206] It is impossible to say which writer of this name is here meant. See end of Books iv., viii., xi., and xx.
[1207] A statuary, sculptor, and chaser in silver, who flourished at Rome about B.C. 60. He was a native of Magna Græcia, in the south of Italy. He is not only mentioned in Chapter [55] of the present Book, but also in B. xxxv. c. [45], as an artist of the highest distinction. His narrow escape from a panther, while copying from nature, is mentioned in B. xxxvi. c. [4]. His five Books on the most celebrated works of sculpture and chasing were looked upon as a high authority in art. He was also the head of a school of artists.
[1208] A writer on painting of this name is mentioned by Diogenes Laertius, B. vii. c. 12. He is probably the same as the person here mentioned, and identical with the Greek sculptor mentioned by Pliny in B. xxxiv. c. [19], who probably flourished about 240 B.C. The Toreutic Art, “Toreutice,” was the art of making raised work in silver or bronze, either by graving or casting: but the exact meaning of the word is somewhat uncertain.
[1209] Menæchmus of Sicyon, probably; see end of B. iv., also B. xxxiv. c. [19].
[1210] If he is really a different person from the Xenocrates mentioned above, nothing is known of him.