. Cic. Verr. iv. 2,4). Iti was preserved at Thespiae where it was dedi- PRAXITHEA PRIAPTJS 755 cated by Phryne; and an interesting story istold of the manner in which she becamepossessed of it. Praxiteles had promised togive Phryne whichever of his works she mightchoose, but he was unwilling to tell her whichof them, in his own opinion, was the best. Todiscover this, she sent a slave to tell Praxitelesthat a fire had broken out in his house, andthat most of his works had already hearing this message, the artist rushed out
. Cic. Verr. iv. 2,4). Iti was preserved at Thespiae where it was dedi- PRAXITHEA PRIAPTJS 755 cated by Phryne; and an interesting story istold of the manner in which she becamepossessed of it. Praxiteles had promised togive Phryne whichever of his works she mightchoose, but he was unwilling to tell her whichof them, in his own opinion, was the best. Todiscover this, she sent a slave to tell Praxitelesthat a fire had broken out in his house, andthat most of his works had already hearing this message, the artist rushed out,exclaiming that all his toil was lost if the firehad touched his Satyr or his Eros. Upon thisPhryne confessed the stratagem, and chose theEros. This statue was removed to Rome byCaligula, restored to Thespiae by Claudius, andcarried back by Nero to Rome, where it stoodin Plinys time in the schools of Octavia, and itfinally perished in the fire which destroyed thatbuilding in the reign of Titus. (Paus. i. 20, 2;Dio Cass. lxvi. 24.) Of the Satyr of Praxiteles. The Hermes of Praxiteles. (Original statue nowat Olympla.) a copy exists in the statue of the Faun in theCapitol at Rome. But, above all, since thediscovery of the Hermes at Olympia, the su-preme-skill of PraxiteleB in delineating beautyof form can be seen in an original work. Thisstatue, which represented Apollo bearing theinfant Dionysus on his left arm, and holding up(probably) a bunch of grapes in his right hand(Paus. v. 17, 8), was found by the Germanarchaeologists in 1877, fairly preserved, and isnow in the museum at Olympia.—Praxiteleshad two sons, who were also distinguishedsculptors, Timarchns and Cephiaodotus. Praxithea (ripa{i0«a), daughter of Phrasimusand Diogenla, was the wife of Erechtheus, andmother of Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion, Omens,Procris, Creusa, Chthonia, and Orithyia.[Erechthkub.] Prcciani, a people in Gallia Aquitania at thefoot of the Pyrenees (Caes. B. O. iii. 27). PreliU8, or Prilius Lacus (Lag
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