[1989] Agamemnon.
[1990] Built near the Forum, by Vespasian, according to Suetonius.
[1991] A native of Thebes. A full account of him will be given in the course of this Chapter.
[1992] Or “Grecian.”
[1993] He was a native of Amphipolis in Macedonia.
[1994] Phlius was the chief town of Phliasia, in the north-east of Peloponnesus. It seems to be quite unknown to what events Pliny here alludes.
[1995] Possibly the naval victory gained by the Athenians under Chabrias near Naxos, in the first year of the 101st Olympiad.
[1996] Which would make the course of study, as M. Ian says, extend over a period of twelve years.
[1997] “Graphice;” equivalent, perhaps, to our word “drawing.” “The elementary process consisted in drawing lines or outlines with the graphis, (or stylus) upon tablets of box; the first exercise was probably to draw a simple line.”—Wornum, in Smith’s Dict. Antiq. Art. Painting.