After the engraving from “Iconographie grecque” (Pl.10) by Ennio Quirino Visconti published in 1808 in Paris. Visconti (1751-1818) was an Italian antiquarian and art historian, papal Prefect of Antiquities, and an expert on ancient Roman sculpture. Published by order of Napoleon copies of this three volume work were given out as gifts.

Bias of Priene was a Greek sage. He is widely accepted as one of the Seven Sages of Greece and was renowned for his probity.
Some sayings attributed to Bias:
“The naïve men are easily fooled”
“Most people are evil”
“All men are wicked”
“Choose the course which you adopt with deliberation; but when you have adopted it, then persevere in it with firmness”
“Do not speak fast, for that shows folly”
“Do not praise an undeserving man because of his riches”
“Gain your point by persuasion, not by force”
“Cherish wisdom as a means of traveling from youth to old age, for it is more lasting than any other possession”
“So order your affairs as if you were to live long, or die soon”
“They love as if they would one day hate, and hate as if they would one day love”