[1461] The mother of Hercules.—B.
[1462] See B. xxxvi. c. [4]. Having now given an account of the artists most distinguished for their genius, Pliny proceeds to make some remarks upon those who were less famous, in alphabetical order.—B.
[1463] The “highly approved.”
[1464] Or “Lioness.” See B. vii. c. 23.
[1465] The reading is doubtful here. “Iphicrates” and “Tisicrates” are other readings.
[1466] The same story is related by Athenæus, B. xiii., and by Pausanias.—B.
[1467] Pisistratus and his sons, Hippias and Hipparchus.
[1468] A lioness.
[1469] She having bitten off her tongue, that she might not confess.
[1470] Hardouin has offered a plausible conjecture, that for the word “Seleucum,” we should read “Salutem,” as implying that the two statues executed by Bryaxis were those of Æsculapius and the Goddess of Health.—B.