Philostratus, Imagines; Callistratus, Descriptions
By: with an English translation by Arthur Fairbanks.
Contributors: Philostratus, minor.; Philostratus, the Lemnian, 3rd cent.; Callistratus, 3rd or 4th cent.; Fairbanks, Arthur, 1864-1944.
Series: The Loeb classical library. [Greek authors]; no. 256
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: Painting -- Early works to 1800.; Painting, Greco-Roman.
Notes: Greek and English on opposite pages.

The later series of Imagines is called "Posteriores" to distinguish it from the first. In the preface of the present edition, the earlier "Imagines" are ascribed to Philostratus, the Lemnian, son of Nervianus.

First printed 1931.

Bibliography: p. xii-xiii.
Table of contents: value: Philostratus the Elder, Imagines, books I-II. - Philostratus the Younger, Imagines. - Callistratus, Descriptions.