Olympias (painter)
Olympias ( ancient Greek Ὀλυμπιάς ) was an ancient Greek painter . It is only mentioned by Pliny the Elder in Naturalis historia 35, 148 in a list of female painters . She is said to have been the teacher of the otherwise unknown painter Autobulos .
literature
- Georg Lippold : Olympias 13. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVIII, 1, Stuttgart 1893ff., Col. 185.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Olympias. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, München / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 153 (afterwards incorrectly male and under the false name Olbiades ).
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| SURNAME | Olympias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient greek painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century ago |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century ago |