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Antidotos

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About Antidotos

Antidotos was a painter.

Antidotus was an ancient Greek painter, mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History

Life Antidotus flourished about 336 BC. According to Pliny he was a pupil of Euphranor, and the teacher of Nicias the Athenian. He worked in encaustic.

Pliny says that "Antidotus, as a painter, was more careful in his works than prolific, and his colouring was of a severe style." He mentions three pictures by him in Athens: "a Combatant armed with a shield; a Wrestler, also; and a Trumpeter, a work which has been considered a most exquisite production."

Pliny is the only writer to have mentioned him.

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Who was Antidotos?

ancient Greek painter

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Antidotos was a painter.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Antidotos

· Wikidata: Q4774697

· DBpedia: Antidotus

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