I. A Painter Of Thebes, Greece

Greece A Painter Of Thebes, who flourished in the middle of the 4th century B. C. Cicero ranks him with Apelles and Protogenes, and Plutarch extols his genius. Pliny says he used only four colors, and that he was the first to represent Ulysses with the pileus or sailor's cap. His finest works found their way to Rome. Of these, Pliny mentions the "Rape of Proserpine" and "Female Bac-chantea surprised by Satyrs."

II. A Pythagorean Philosopher Of The 1st Century A. D

A Pythagorean Philosopher Of The 1st Century A. D, born at Gerasa, Palestine, and hence surnamed Ge-rasenus. His name became proverbial in connection with skilful computation; hence the adage, "You reckon like Nicomachus of Gerasa." His extant works are an introduction to the study of arithmetic, first printed in the original Greek at Paris (1538), and a manual on music, edited by Meursius (Leyden, 1616), and with a Latin translation by Meibora (Amsterdam, 1652).