Timarete
Timarete (Greek: Τιμαρέτη) (or Thamyris, Tamaris, Thamar; 5th century BC), was an ancient Greek painter. She was the daughter of the painter Micon the Younger of Athens. According to Pliny the Elder, she "scorned the duties of women and practised her father's art." At the time of Archelaus I of Macedon, she was best known for a panel painting of the goddess Diana that was kept at Ephesus, a city that was associated with the goddess.
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Timarete
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- Born
- 420. · Classical Athens.
- Died
- 400. · Athens.
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- painter.
- Languages
- Ancient Greek.
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400
Timarete died at Athens.
420
Timarete born at Classical Athens.
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- “Timarete”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q537797: Timarete
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- Athens. Gravestone (?) of Timarete, Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1265693609, Timarete.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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While it is no longer extant, it was kept at Ephesus for many years. She is one of the six female artists of antiquity mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Natural History (XL.147–148) in A.D. 77: Timarete, Irene, Calypso, Aristarete, Iaia, Olympias.
Pliny the Elder, Naturalis historia xxxv.35.59, 40.147.
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Chadwick, Whitney. Women, Art, and Society. Thames and Hudson, London, 1990. Harris, Anne Sutherland and Linda Nochlin. Women Artists: 1550–1950. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Knopf, New York, 1976.
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- 1.Salisbury, Joyce E. Encyclopedia of women in the ancient world. ABC-CLIO. 2001. 1576070921.
- 2.Boccaccio, Giovanni. Famous Women. Harvard University Press. 114. 2003. 978-0-674-01130-4.
- 3.J. Linderski. The Paintress Calypso and Other Painters in Pliny. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. Bd. 145 (2003), pp. 83–96
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1265693609, Timarete.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
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