Philoctetes of Sophocles, the, his sufferings compared with those of
Laocoon, 3;
the, of Pythagoras Leontinus, 14;
of Sophocles, the embodiment of physical and mental suffering, 23,
24, 30.
Picturesque, the, in poetry, 88.
Pisander, possibly Virgil’s predecessor in the history of Laocoon, 34.
Pliny, his mention of the Laocoon, 172;
of famous Greek sculptors, 173 _et seq._
Poetry, how it surpasses art in description of physical beauty, 137 _et
seq._