Treść książki
Przejdź do opcji czytnikaPrzejdź do nawigacjiPrzejdź do informacjiPrzejdź do stopki
lenes”(V.10(107),56).Assuch,theyarealsohistorically
valuableinformationonthephysicalappearanceoffa-
mousmenandwomen.
Theseekphrases,however,alsoreflecttheinheritance
ofagenrewhichhaditsfullestfloweringintheSecond
Sophistic,thesameperiodasthehistoricalauthorofDic-
tys’Ephemerisispresumedtohavewriten
10.Philostratus
theElderandhisyoungernamesakebothwroteworks
calledImagines,devotedtheirrhetoricalpowerstoelabo-
rateekphrasesofartonancientsubjects.Inhisintroduc-
tion,theyoungerPhilostratuswritesthat:
Mostnobleistheartofpaintingandconcernedwithnot
insignificantmaters.Forhewhoistobeatruemaster
oftheartmusthaveagoodknowledgeofhumanna-
ture,hemustbeabletodiscernthesignsofmen’schar-
acterevenwhentheyaresilent,andwhatisrevealed
inthestateofthecheeksandtheexpressionoftheeyes
andthecharacteroftheeyebrowsand,toputthemat-
terbriefly,whateverhastodowiththemind.Ifprofi-
cientinthesematershewillgraspeverytraitandhis
handwillsuccessfullyinterprettheindividualstory
ofeachperson–thatamanisinsane,perhaps,orangry,
orthoughtful,orhappy,orimpulsive,orinlove,and,
inaword,willpaintineachcasetheappropriatetraits.
(PHILOSTRATUS,1931:283).
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ἐπLTήδεθPI·χρὴγὰρTὸνὀρθógπρOσTITεύσOνTI
TῆgTέχνηgφύσLνTεἀνθρωπεiIνεὖδLεσKέφθIL
KIŁlKIνὸνεἶνILγνωPITεOσILἠθóνξύPβOAIKIŁ
σLωπώνTωνKIŁTiPὲνἐνπIρεLóνKITIσTάσεL,Tiδὲ
ἐνὀφθIAPóνKράσεL,TiδὲἐνὀφύρωνἤθεLKεῖTILKIŁ
ξυνεAόνTLεŁπεῖνὁπόσIἐgγνώPηνTεiνεL.TOύTων
10
Forabook-lengthanalysisofHomericreceptionintheSecond
Sophistic,seeKIM,2010;esp.179–190forDictys.
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