. . "While Roman poet Horace famously declared ut pictora poesis\" (as in painting, so is poetry) in his Ars Poetica (c. 13 BC), the first proclamation of the inter-relatedness of painting and poetry is attributed to Greek poet Simonides of Ceos (c.556-468 BC) who stated poema picture loquens, picture poems silens\" (poetry is a speaking picture, painting a silent poet) (Heffernan, 1993)." . .