Myrme'cides
(
Μυρμηκίδης), a sculptor and engraver, of Miletus or Athens, is generally mentioned in connection with Callicrates, like whom he was celebrated for the minuteness of his works. [CALLICRATES.] His works in ivory were so small that they could scarcely be seen without placing them on black hair. (Varro,
L. L. vii., 9.62;
Cic. Ac. 2.38; Suid.
s. vv. Μυρμηκιδης and
γελοῖος.)
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