[2483] Only completed in the time of the Emperor Adrian.
[2484] Cebriones, the charioteer of Hector. See Il. B. xvi. l. 735.
[2485] See B. xxxiii. c. [23].
[2486] This is generally explained as meaning ordinary stone, but covered with elaborate paintings, as was then the practice in the magnificent villas that were built at Tibur, the modern Tivoli. See, however, Chapter [48], and Note [2784].
[2487] As applied to the decorations of the walls of houses.
[2488] This date does not agree with that given to Scopas, one of the artists who worked at the Mausoleum, in the early part of B. xxxiv. c. [19]. Sillig, however, is inclined to think that there were two artists named Scopas, and would thus account for the diversity of about seventy years between the dates.
[2489] See end of B. ii.
[2490] Owing to the liberality of Cæsar, he amassed great riches. He is repeatedly attacked by Catullus (Carm. xxix., xliii., lvii.), and accused of extortion, and other vices. Horace also speaks of him in terms of ridicule, I Sat. 5, 37.
[2491] See B. iv. c. 21.