Perillus

Pĕrillus, i, m., = Πέριλλος,

• a famous Athenian worker in metal, who made a brazen bull for the tyrant Phalaris, in which criminals were to be enclosed and roasted to death, and was the first that suffered in this manner, Ov. A. A. 1, 653; Sil. 14, 212; Prop. 2, 25, 12; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89.—Hence,
• II Pĕrillēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Perillus, Perillean (poet.), Ov. Ib. 439.

Perillus, ī, m. (Πέριλλος), ein Künstler in Metallarbeit in Athen, der für den Tyrannen Phalaris in Agrigent einen ehernen Stier mit hohlem Leibe verfertigte, in den Verbrecher gesteckt und durch untergelegtes Feuer gebraten werden sollten. Der Künstler wurde vom Tyrannen genötigt, zur Probe selbst in den Stier zu kriechen, und kam so ums Leben, Plin. 34, 89. Ov. art. am. 1, 653. Sil. 14, 212 sq.: saeve Perille, Prop. 2, 25, 12. – Dav. Perillēus, a, um, perillisch, aes, der eherne Stier des Perillus Ov. Ib. 435.

Pĕrillus, (15) ī, m. (Πέριλλος), Athénien qui inventa pour Phalaris le fameux taureau dʼairain ; le tyran en fit lʼessai sur lʼinventeur lui-même : Prop. 2, 25, 12 ; Ov. Ars 1, 653 ; Plin. 34, 89 || -lēus, a, um, de Pérille : Ov. Ib. 439.

perillus, i. m.
焼斃于自創鋦牛內之入名。

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Perillus

(Πέριλλος ; the form Περίλαος in Lucian, Phal. l, and the Scholiast to Pindar, Pind. P. 1.185, probably arises from a confusion of A with A), a statuary, was the maker of the bronze hull of the tyrant Phalaris, respecting wlich see further under Phalaris. Of the modern disquisitionsonr this instrument of torture, the most important are those of Göller (De Situ et Orig. Syracus. pp. 272, &c.) and Böttiger (Kunstmythologie, vol. i. p. 380). Müller places the artist at ol, 55, B. C. 560. Like the makers of other instruments of death, Perillus is said to have become one of the victims of his own handiwork. [P.S]

Perillus

(Πέριλλος). An artist who is said to have made the great bronze bull for the tyrant Phalaris (see Phalaris), and to have been himself the victim of his own invention (Ovid, A. A. i. 653).