Polygnotus


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Polygnotus

(ˌpɒlɪɡˈnəʊtəs)
n
(Biography) 5th century bc, Greek painter: associated with Cimon in rebuilding Athens
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Polygnotus depicted men as nobler than they are, Pauson as less noble, Dionysius drew them true to life.
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However, the difference is not great, yet young men ought not to view the paintings of Pauso, but of Polygnotus, or any other painter or statuary who expresses manners.
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She supposedly modeled for and had an affair with the painter Polygnotus (Plutarch, dm.
Elite citizen women and the origins of the hetaira in classical Athens

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