Micon
Micon the Younger of Athens, simply Micon or Mikon was an ancient Greek painter and sculptor 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 Portico"), at Athens, with paintings of the Battle of Marathon and other battles. He also painted in the Anakeion at Athens. His daughter was the painter Timarete.
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Micon
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- Born
- 500.
- Nationality
- Classical Athens.
- Occupation
- painter and sculptor.
- Known for
- Kallias statue at Olympia.
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Micon the Younger of Athens, simply Micon or Mikon was an ancient Greek painter and sculptor 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 Portico"), at Athens, with paintings of the Battle of Marathon and other battles. He also painted in the Anakeion at Athens. His daughter was the painter Timarete.
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Micon (500–500) was a painter and sculptor and a national of Classical Athens. The painter was born in Classical Athens.
Works include Kallias statue at Olympia. Languages used include Ancient Greek.
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Micon born at Classical Athens.
500
Micon died.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 134933885, Micon.
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- 1.Pliny the Elder, Natural History 33.160.2 https://latin.packhum.org/loc/978/1/2456/2529-2534
- 2.Six, J. “Mikon’s Fourth Picture in the Theseion.” The Journal of Hellenic Studies 39 (1919): 130–43. https://doi.org/10.2307/624877.
- 3.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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Gemeinsame Normdatei 134933885, Micon.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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The authorities additionally record the headings Nicon, Mikon and Micon the Younger. His recorded language was Ancient Greek. One child is recorded: Timarete.
Identity and origins
Kallias statue at Olympia
Micon, The Virgil Encyclopedia, 2014
L’épigramme de la « chambre » jaune: Micon et Péro dans la maison de Marcus Lucretius Fronto, Pallas, 2013
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