# Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 8.11e.6

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, Book 8, Chapter 11e. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/valerius-maximus/facta-et-dicta-memorabilia/8.11e.6

Quid ille alter aeque nobilis pictor luctuosum immolatae Iphigeniae sacrificium referens, cum Calchantem tristem, maestum Vlixen, lamentantem Menelaum circa aram statuisset, caput Agamemnonis inuoluendo nonne summi maeroris acerbitatem arte non posse exprimi confessus est? itaque pictura eius aruspicis et amici et fratris lacrimis madet, patris fletum spectantis adfectu aestumandum reliquit.

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Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, ed. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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