Marcus Plautius Lycon
Marcus Plautius Lycon (born Lykon, ancient Greek Λύκων ) was a Greek painter who worked in the 3rd or 2nd century BC. Was active in the Roman Ardea .
According to Pliny, there was an inscription in the temple of Juno Regina in Ardea praising him as the maker of the paintings there. Because of its name, it is believed that Lykon performed the paintings as a Greek and was adopted by a member of the Plautier as a thank you for the work . He then received the Roman name Marcus Plautius Lycon and Roman citizenship .
literature
- A. Gallina: Marcus Plautius . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 6. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1965.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Plautius Lycon . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 702.
Remarks
- ^ Pliny, Naturalis historia 35, 115
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plautius Lycon, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lykon, Λύκων |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |