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Essays towards the history of painting

Note 103 — ESSAYS. (continued 2)

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There are in this part of the picture some verses, by Simonides, to the following effect:—

The artist Polygnotus, for his sire Who claims Aglaiophon, in Thasos born, painted the captured tower of Troy.

Taylor’s Translation (of 1794)

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