Apelles

His pupils paid each a talent a year for instruction; and Melanthius, and even Apelles himself, for a time, were among the number.

After Apelles the art declined, although there were distinguished artists for several centuries.

In the suburb is the celebrated temple Asclepieium, full of votive offerings, among which is the Antigonus of Apelles.

A cobbler finding fault with the shoe of one of his figures, Apelles at once corrected it.

The burning of these would likewise produce coal-black, which in later times was called the Atramentum indelibile of Apelles.