Eupompus
Eupompus (
Lysippus: to follow nature rather than any master.[1]
Eupompus was succeeded as head of the Sicyonic school by
Ben Jonson makes the cryptic reference, in his Discoveries: "Eupompus gave it (art) splendour by numbers and other elegancies."[3] Aldous Huxley wrote a fanciful story for his first collection, 'Limbo', in which a modern scholar tracks down the story behind the remark.[4]
References
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Eupompus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 900.
- ^ Knight, Charles (1867). Biography: Or, Third Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Volume 4.
- ^ Jonson, Ben (1892). Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems. Cassell & Co.
- ^ "Limbo, by Aldous Huxley". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
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