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A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Note 358 — Chapter II · (continued 3)

Walter Armstrong translation

Καθ' ὁν εν ωμαις ετι ταις πλινθοις διετετυπωτο θηρια, παντοδαπα τη των χρωματων φιλοτεχνια την αληθειαν απομιμουμενα (Diodorus, ii. 8, 4.) Diodorus expressly declares that he borrows this description from Ctesias (ὡς Κτησιας φησιν), ibid. 5.

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