[2446] In Caria: see B. v. c. 29.
[2447] Or “Xenias”—“Presiding over hospitality,” or “Protector of strangers.”
[2448] The story was, that Zethus and Amphion bound Dirce, queen of Thebes, to the flanks of an infuriated bull, in revenge for the death of their mother, Antiope, who had been similarly slain by her. This group is supposed still to exist, in part, in the “Farnese Bull,” which has been in a great measure restored. Winckelmann is of opinion, however, that the Farnese Bull is of anterior date to that here mentioned, and that it belongs to the school of Lysippus.
[2449] Probably a native of Rhodes. No further particulars of this artist appear to be known.
[2450] Bacchus.
[2452] A different person, probably, from the painter, mentioned in B. xxxv. c. [40].
[2454] Supposed by Sillig not to be the early statuary of Argos of that name, who flourished, probably, B.C. 476.