Ἀγάθαρχος
Agatharkhos, Agatharchos, Agatharchus
Translated by Elizabeth Vandiver · 1 Oct 1999 · Vetting: high · 9 revisions
Translation
A proper name. He was an outstanding painter from nature, the son of Eudemos, of Samian stock.
Greek original
Ἀγάθαρχος· ὄνομα κύριον. ἦν δὲ ζωγράφος ἐπιφανὴς, Εὐδήμου υἱὸς, τὸ δὲ γένος Σάμιος.
Betacode
*)aga/qarxos: o)/noma ku/rion. h)=n de\ zwgra/fos e)pifanh\s, *eu)dh/mou ui(o\s, to\ de\ ge/nos *sa/mios.
Notes
- After the initial gloss, this entry derives from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Demosthenes 21.147 (web address 1).
The other primary sources on A. (translated in Pollitt, below) are Plutarch, Life of Pericles 13.2 (web address 2); Plutarch, Life of Alcibiades 16.4 (web address 3); Vitruvius, On Architecture 7, praef. 1l (web address 4).
According to tradition, A. was the first painter to make a theatrical skene (for Aeschylus).
References
OCD(4) s.v. (p.35)
J.J. Pollitt, The Art of Ancient Greece (Cambridge 1990) 145-6 (with 188)
J.J. Pollitt, The Art of Ancient Greece (Cambridge 1990) 145-6 (with 188)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 4 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbours in Adler order
Revisions (9)
- David Whiteheadupdated a ref
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- Elizabeth VandiverAdded keyword
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- David Whiteheadadded headwords and note; augmented bibliography
- Elizabeth Vandivertranslated