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Volume 6 · 57 words · 1860 Edition

a Lacedemonian sculptor, who made an ivory chariot that might be concealed under the wing of a fly, and an ant of the same material, so small that its limbs could not be distinguished. Elian justly censures him for exerting his talents on such useless things. (Elian. V. H. i.; Plin. H. N. vii. 21, xxxvi. 5.)