Aglaophon
Aglaophon
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Aglaophon (Ancient Greek: Ἀγλαοφῶν Aglaofon) was an ancient Greek painter, born on the island of Thasos.[1] He was the father and instructor of Polygnotus.[2][3] He had another son named Aristophon.[4] As Polygnotus flourished before the 90th Olympiad,[5] Aglaophon probably lived around the 70th Olympiad, that is, around the late 6th or early 5th century BC. Quintilian praises his paintings,[6] which were distinguished by the simplicity of their coloring, as worthy of admiration on other grounds besides their antiquity.