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Polygnotus (/pɒlɪɡˈntəs/; Greek: Πολύγνωτος Polygnotos) was an ancient Greek painter from the middle of the 5th century BC.

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Polygnotus

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"Polygnotus". In William D. Halsey (ed.). Collier's Encyclopedia. Vol. 19. Macmillan Educational Corporation. p. 222. "Photo guide of Polygnotus street...

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List of children of Priam

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war are mentioned by Pausanias, who in his turn refers to paintings by Polygnotus in the Lesche of Delphi. Pausanias enlists several more Trojan captive...

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Sisyphus

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a common subject for ancient writers and was depicted by the painter Polygnotus on the walls of the Lesche at Delphi. According to the solar theory, King...

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Thasos

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poet. Aglaophon (6th–5th century BC), painter, teacher and father of Polygnotus and Aristophon Hegemon of Thasos, comedian, inventor of parody Leodamas...

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Tantalus

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Olympian Odes 1.60 ff. This detail was added to the myth by the painter Polygnotus, according to Pausanias (10.31.12), noted in Kerenyi 1959:61. Eustathius...

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Peak ring

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Baba Caravaggio Chekhov Eminescu Holst Homer Michelangelo Mozart Nabokov Polygnotus Rachmaninoff Raditladi Renoir On Venus: Barton Isabella Meitner Mona Lisa...

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Stoa Poikile

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Lesser, by Polygnotus; The Battle of Marathon, by far the most frequently mentioned, which different sources attribute to Micon, Polygnotus, or Panaenus...

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Acropolis of Athens

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432 BC and had two wings, the northern one decorated with paintings by Polygnotus. About the same time, south of the Propylaea, building started on the...

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Attic ochre

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1st century AD. It was first used in their works by the Greek painters Polygnotus and Micon, as well as Apelles, Echion, Melanthius and Nicomachus. They...

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Panaenus

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with Polygnotus and Micon at Athens. The painting of the Battle of Marathon in the Stoa Poikile is ascribed to Panaenus and to Micon and Polygnotus, who...

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Poseidon

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Poseidon surprises Anymone near a spring. Attic pelike in red figure, circle of the Polygnotus Painter, 440-430 BC. Archaeological Museum of Agrigento...

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Tityos

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The traveler Pausanias (2nd century A.D.) reports seeing a painting by Polygnotus at Delphi that depicts Tityos among other figures being tormented in Hades...

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Elpinice

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which Cimon had inherited responsibility. She was a lover to the artist Polygnotus of Thasos who used her features in his work depicting the Trojan woman...

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Micon

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from the middle of the 5th century BC. He was closely associated with Polygnotus of Thasos, in conjunction with whom he adorned the Stoa poikile ("Painted...

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Classical Athens

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because it was adorned with fresco painting of the Battle of Marathon by Polygnotus, on the north side of the Agora. Theatres: the Theatre of Dionysus, on...

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Orpheus

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known reference to this descent to the underworld is the painting by Polygnotus (5th century BC) described by Pausanias (2nd century AD), where no mention...

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475 BC

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occurs. Zhou Yuan Wang becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty. The painter Polygnotus of Thasos begins his work (approximate date). Philolaus, Greek philosopher...

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Lesche of the Knidians

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architectural relics. It hosted two famous paintings by the famous painter Polygnotus the Thasian, namely the Capture of Troy and the Nekyia. It was built in...

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Medusa

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figure in her death. The earliest of those depictions comes courtesy of Polygnotus, who drew Medusa as a comely woman sleeping peacefully as Perseus beheads...

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Aglaophon

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Thasos. He was the father and instructor of Polygnotus. He had another son named Aristophon. As Polygnotus flourished before the 90th Olympiad, Aglaophon...

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Achilles on Skyros

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Skyros was known earlier than this. There are references to artworks by Polygnotus and Athenion of Maroneia, and a now lost 5th century BCE play by Euripides...

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Miltiades

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such a painting of The Sack of Troy and trial of Ajax the Lesser, by Polygnotus Mētiokhos kai Parthenopē One ship, carrying his son Metiochos, was captured...

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Crino

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Medon, Polybus, and Thersilochus. Pausanias mentions a painting of her by Polygnotus, where she is portrayed standing next to her father, with a baby in her...

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Lesche

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own magnificence, than for the paintings with which it was adorned by Polygnotus. Smith, Philip (1870). "Lesche". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of...

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