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When the Greek peoples of Asia voted to erect statues of him in their most prominent cities, he wrote to them : ‘Let there be no image of me painted or sculptured or constructed.’ 1

1 Cf. Moralia, 191 D, supra, and the note. By ‘constructed’ he probably refers to the gold and ivory statues which were common among the Greeks.

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