by various authors, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities… (1890)
“ Ancient writers, however, are hardly consistent in their judgments of his reputed works. Pausanias recognised high merit (τι ἔνθεον) in a rude art ; a Heracles was so lifelike that the god himself threw a stone at it in the night (Hesych. sub voce πλῆξαι) ”
by various authors, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities… (1890)
“ The effigy of the god, down to the latest times, was placed in a tree (in a cedar at Orchomenos, id. 8.13, 2; Cybele on coins of Myra, Collign. p. 10) . The immediate predecessor, however, of the δαίδαλον was a squared beam or flat board, which, like the pillar, was probably draped and decorated (cf. Callim. of Hera at Samos: οὐπω Σμιλικὸν [p. 1.593] ἔργον ἐΰξοον, ἀλλ ̓ ἐπὶ τεθμῷ, Euseb. Praep. Ev. 3.8; draped stone on coin of Juliopolis (Gordium) , Collignon, p. 13) . Carved in shallow relief, with human form, the plank became a δαίδαλον ”
