10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYGNOTUS»
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1
The Cambridge Ancient History
The earliest foreign painter on a monumental scale of whom we know is at once
reputed to be the greatest and most seminal. Polygnotus' migration from his
native Thasos to Athens is almost certainly related to Cimon's military successes
in ...
David M. Lewis, John Boardman, 1992
2
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
log to this view, Polygnotus came to Athens in 01. 79. 2, e. c. 463, at which time
he must hare been already an artist of some reputation, since Ciraon thought him
worthy of his patronage. Ue may, therefore, have been between twenty-five and ...
3
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
ini to this view, Polygnotus came to Athens in OL 79. 2, a c. 463, at which time he
must have been already an artist of some reputation, since i'imon thought him
worthy of his patronage. He mar, therefore, have been between twenty-five and ...
4
The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography
440 B.C.?; Thasos, or Athens, Greece Area of Achievement: Art Contribution:
Innovative, brash, confident in his skills, Polygnotus was the first great Greek
painter. His murals at Delphi and in Athens established his reputation as the
preeminent ...
5
Ancient Greece and Rome
Although Pliny the Elder provides only a vague date of before 420 BCE,
Polygnotus was probably active much earlier, in the Early Classical period (c.
475–450 BCE), given his association with the wealthy Athenian nobleman and
naval ...
6
The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius' ...
Polygnotus and Cimon Continuing our movement backward in time from Statius,
we find that the earliest certain attestation of the story of Achilles in female
disguise comes slightly earlier than Euripides' play.'7 When Pausanias describes
the ...
7
A DICTIONARY OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES
The works of Polygnotus were conspicuous for expression, character, and design
; the more minute discriminations of tone and local colour, united with dramatic
composition and effect, were not accomplished until a later period. The limited ...
8
Collection of Supplements to All Editions of Lempriere's ...
POLYGNOTUS decorated with some pictures, the room at the entrance of the
Propylaaa at Athens. These pictures are mentioned only in Fans. 1. 22. 6,—a
passage so obscure, that its meaning cannot be ascertained with precision. To
me it ...
Edmund Henry Barker, 1837
9
Euripides and the Language of Craft
lived in Scyros with the maidens, as Polygnotus has represented in his picture.
He also painted Odysseus coming upon the women washing clothes with
Nausicaa at the river, just like the description in Homer.39 While Pausanias does
not ...
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Dictionary of the Artists of Antiquity: Architects, Carvers, ...
It is a very consistent supposition, that Polygnotus accompanied Cimo on his
return, and thus became intimate with him and Elpinice; and there existed a
powerful reason for Cimo to solicit the artist to remove with him to Athens, — that
he ...
Karl Julius Sillig, Edmund Henry Barker, Pliny (the Elder.), 1837
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Spacecraft Reveals Stunning New Views of Mercury
Details include a large impact basin with an 83-mile (133-km) diameter, named Polygnotus for a Greek painter from the 5th century B.C.. «Space Com, Oct 08»
