Aristolaos ( el, Ἀριστόλαος, 350? BC) was a Greek painter of high caliber who lived in
Sicyon
Sicyon (; el, Σικυών; ''gen''.: Σικυῶνος) or Sikyon was an ancient Greek city state situated in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea on the territory of the present-day regional unit of Corinthia. An ancient mona ...
, and who was the son and pupil of the painter
Pausias
Pausias ( el, Παυσίας) was an ancient Greek painter of the first half of the 4th century BCE, of the school of Sicyon.
Biography
Pausias introduced the custom of painting ceilings of houses. His great merit appears to have lain in the bet ...
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According to
Pliny
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People
* Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE), ancient Roman nobleman, scientist, historian, and author of ''Naturalis Historia'' (''Pliny's Natural History'')
* Pliny the Younger (died 113), ancient Roman statesman, orator, w ...
he was a very austere painter. He tried to improve the work of his father, ''The Sacrifice of Oxen''. Works by Aristolaos include Theseus, Pericles, Epaminondas, Medea, and Attic Demos.
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Ancient Greek Pottery Painters
References
Ancient Greek painters
4th-century BC painters
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