Micon
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Micon the Younger of Athens, simply Micon or Mikon (Ancient Greek: Μίκων) was an ancient Greek painter and sculptor from the middle of the 5th century BC.[1][2] He was closely associated with Polygnotus of Thasos, in conjunction with whom he adorned the Stoa poikile ("Painted Portico"), at Athens, with paintings of the Battle of Marathon and other battles.[3] He also painted in the Anakeion at Athens. His daughter was the painter Timarete.
References
[edit]- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Micon". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Pliny the Elder, Natural History 33.160.2 https://latin.packhum.org/loc/978/1/2456/2529-2534
- ↑ Six, J. “Mikon’s Fourth Picture in the Theseion.” The Journal of Hellenic Studies 39 (1919): 130–43. https://doi.org/10.2307/624877.
- ↑ Howe, Thalia Phillies. “Sophokles, Mikon and the Argonauts.” American Journal of Archaeology 61, no. 4 (1957): 341–50. https://doi.org/10.2307/500602.
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