Panaenus
Panaenus, brother or nephew of Phidias, was an ancient Greek painter who worked in conjunction with Polygnotus and Micon at Athens. The painting of the Battle of Marathon in the Stoa Poikile is ascribed to Panaenus and to Micon and Polygnotus, who may have assisted him. He also painted the marble sides of the throne of the statue of Zeus erected by Phidias at Olympia. • Illustration — Depiction of the Battle of Marathon in the Stoa Poikile, by Panaenus (reconstitution)
Also recorded as Panainos
Panaenus
Johann Georg Hiltensperger (1806 — 1890) · Сеть интернет · Public domain
- Born
- Panaenus was born in 450 BC.
- Died
- Panaenus died on 1 January 500 BC.
- Nationality
- Classical Athens
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Panaenus, brother or nephew of Phidias, was an ancient Greek painter who worked in conjunction with Polygnotus and Micon at Athens. The painting of the Battle of Marathon in the Stoa Poikile is ascribed to Panaenus and to Micon and Polygnotus, who may have assisted him. He also painted the marble sides of the throne of the statue of Zeus erected by Phidias at Olympia. • Illustration — Depiction of the Battle of Marathon in the Stoa Poikile, by Panaenus (reconstitution)
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Панен, брат Фидия, в «Битве при Марафоне» пишет портреты главнейших участников сражения.
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- 1.20. 663.
- 2.Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Panaenus
- 3.Smith, William (ed.) 1870, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Little & Brown, Boston & London (p. 466, entry Polygnotus).
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