Imagines
work by Philostratus the Lemnian
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Philostratus the Lemnian, born around 190 AD, authored the Imagines, a collection of writings describing 65 mythological paintings displayed in Naples. These descriptions, written in elegant prose, offer insights into Hellenistic art and were admired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Philostratus the Younger, his grandson, later wrote a second, shorter series of Imagines in the 3rd century AD. The term "imagine" itself means to form a mental image of something not present.12
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