(Πολύγνωτος; Polýgnōtos).
[1] Greek painter and bronze sculptor
Greek painter from Thasos, also bronze sculptor (Plin. HN 34,58), of the early classical period.
I. General
His exact dates are unknown; P. worked after the Persian Wars from about 480 until c. 440 BC in Athens and other places in Greece. Because of his ability to translate historical, political and cultural achievements of the Polis i…