“In the temple of Aphrodite at Athens the painter Zeuxis depicted Love as an extremely blooming youth wreathed with roses.” Scholiast on Aristophanes Acharnians: “... Zeuxis and Parrhasius ... of whom the former is said to have discovered the principles of light and shade... For Zeuxis gave greater breadth than Parrhasius to the limbs of the body, holding that this produces a fuller and more majestic effect, and imitating, as is believed, Homer, who delights in all strong bodies even in the case of women.” Quintilian Elements of Oratory [on painters]“
Chorus
Foster-sister of the Graces And of Cypris throned above, Holy Reconciliation, So much fairer than we knew, O that somehow as they paint him, With a wreath of roses, Love, Love might take our hands and join us, You to me and me to you!”Aristophanes Acharnians:
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Elegy and Iambus. with an English Translation by. J. M. Edmonds. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 2.
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