Cuius coniugem Praxiteles in marmore quasi spirantem in templo Cnidiorum collocavit, propter pulchritudinem operis a libidinoso cuiusdam complexu parum tutam quo excusabilior est error equi, qui visa pictura equae hinnitum edere coactus est, et canum latratus aspectu picti canis incitatus, taurusque ad amorem et concubitum aeneae vaccae Syracusis nimiae similitudinis irritamento compulsus
Praxiteles set up Vulcans consort breathing as it were in marble in the temple at Cnidos. The beauty of the work is such that it was hardly safe from a libidinous embrace, so providing some excuse for the mistake of a stallion which on seeing the picture of a mare could not help neighing, or of the dogs which the sight of a dog in a painting caused to bark, or of the bull in Syracuse that was driven to erotic intercourse with a bronze cow by the stimulus of too close a likeness.
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