CATAGRAPHIA, a term used by Pliny to denote any oblique view of the countenance or figure, either in profile or otherwise; and which may be technically rendered foreshortening. Catagraphia are said to have been the invention of Cimon of Cleonae, who probably flourished in the time of Solon, though Pliny assigns him to a much earlier period. (Plin. H. N. xxxv. 34; Elian, V. H. viii. 8.)