On Architecture

10. Just then Callimachus, whom the Athenians called katathci/texnos for the refinement and delicacy of his artistic work,

passed by this tomb and observed the basket with the tender young leaves growing round it. Delighted with the novel style and form, he built some columns after that pattern for the Corinthians, determined their symmetrical proportions, and established from that time forth the rules to be followed in finished works of the Corinthian order.