Antiphilus
Antiphilus was an ancient Greek painter from Naucratis, Egypt, in the age of Alexander the Great. He worked for Philip II of Macedon and Ptolemy I of Egypt. Thus, he was a contemporary of Apelles, whose rival he is said to have been, but he seems to have worked in quite another style.
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Antiphilus
- Born
- 400 · Egypt.
- Died
- 360
- Occupation
- painter
- Teachers
- Ctesidemus
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Antiphilus was an ancient Greek painter from Naucratis, Egypt, in the age of Alexander the Great. He worked for Philip II of Macedon and Ptolemy I of Egypt. Thus, he was a contemporary of Apelles, whose rival he is said to have been, but he seems to have worked in quite another style.
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360
Antiphilus died.
400
Antiphilus born at Egypt.
Paintings of Antiphilus on display in ancient Rome
Quintilian speaks of his facility: the descriptions of his works which have come down to us show that he excelled in light and shade, in genre representations, and in caricature.
In ancient Rome, according to Pliny the Elder, the Schola Octaviae was ornamented by paintings by Antiphilus, among which were his Hesione and his painting of the group of Alexander and Philip with Minerva. The Curia Pompeii, famous as the place of assassination of Julius Caesar, was of the form called an exedra, or hall furnished with seats, and was decorated with pictures of Cadmus and Europa by Antiphilus.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 102380163, Antiphilus, Byzantius.
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- 1.« » ("Non bisogna prestar fede alla calunnia"), 2; Luciano afferma che Antifilo denunciò Apelle a Tolomeo, accusandolo di aver ordito assieme a Teodota una congiura nei suoi confronti, e che lo calunniò «per invidia dell'onore che aveva ricevuto dal re e per gelosia nell'arte». Sappiamo da Polibio (per i riferimenti a Teodota e al suo fallito tentativo di assassinare il sovrano si vedano i passaggi in Storie, V, 40, 1-3; 61, 3-5; 81, 1-7) come tale congiura fosse rivolta contro Tolomeo IV Filopatore, di cui Teodota d'Etolia era stato un valente generale. Apelle e Antifilo, però, vissero un secolo prima, al tempo di Tolomeo I, e Luciano compone quindi l'aneddoto assemblando elementi e personaggi di epoche diverse.
- 2.Cita Moreno 1994 in EAA, s.v. Antiphilos 2.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 102380163, Antiphilus, Byzantius.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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