Timagoras from Chalcis
Timagoras ( ancient Greek Τιμαγόρας ) was an ancient Greek painter and poet who came from Chalkis and worked around the middle of the 5th century BC. Worked.
Timagoras is only known from a note in Pliny . Accordingly, Timagoras took part in the first artistic competition of painters at the Pythian Games in Delphi and competed there victoriously against Panainos . He wrote a poem about his victory. The given theme of the competition is unknown. The Pythian painter's agony was founded around the middle of the 5th century BC. Introduced according to Pliny at the time of the Akme des Panainos in the 83rd Olympiad , ie in the years 448–445 BC. Chr.
Remarks
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 35, 58.
literature
- Georg Lippold : Timagoras 6. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI A, 1, Stuttgart 1936, Sp. 1074.
- Paolo Moreno : Timagoras 1 . In: Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale . Volume 7. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1966.
- Walter Hatto Groß : Timagoras 3rd In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Col. 833.
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| SURNAME | Timagoras from Chalcis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Timagoras; Τιμαγόρας (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek painter and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chalkis |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |