"Polycletus was a sublime poet in his art, and tried to surpass the beauty of nature itself in his figures: therefore his imagination was mainly concerned with youthful forms, so he will undoubtedly be better able to express the softness of a Bacchus, or the flourishing youth of an Apollo, than the robustness of a Hercules, or the mature age of an Aesculapius. For this reason those who wanted to blame him said that they wanted greater expression in his figures, that is, that the parts were more strongly indicated. (Johann Joachim Winckelmann)"
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