Artemidorus wrote: “FOr to make images of men, whether of earth or any other matter, is good for Governours of children, for they shall govern and instruct…”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
To make Statues, or Images of men. · Book 3, encoded section 133 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
FOr to make images of men, whether of earth or any other matter, is good for Governours of children, for they shall govern and instruct them with honour and profit. And to those which have no children it is good also, for they shall have some very like themselves.
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