Cydias ( grc-gre, Κυδίας), a native of Cythnus, who was living in 364 BC, may be presumed to have been a painter of considerable ability, as one of his pictures, representing Jason and his followers embarking for Colchis, in search of the Golden Fleece, was purchased at Rome by the orator Hortensius for 144,000

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. Afterwards the work was bought by Marcus Agrippa and placed in the Porticus of Neptune to commemorate his naval victories. He also seems to have been a somewhat famous poet as in the ''

Charmides Charmides (; grc-gre, Χαρμίδης), son of Glaucon, was an Athenian statesman who flourished during the 5th century BC.Debra Nails, ''The People of Plato'' (Indianapolis: Hackett, 2002), 90–94. An uncle of Plato, Charmides appears i ...

'', Socrates attributes a homoerotic verse to him. Socrates quotes this verse while describing his lust for

's youthful body. As the painter started working later in Plato's own life, this Cydias may refer to a different, unspecified person.

Poetry

* "not to bring the fawn in the sight of the lion to be devoured by him" - fragment of unspecified poem

References

Attribution: * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Ancient Greek painters People from Kythnos 4th-century BC Greek people Ancient Greek poets Ancient LGBT people LGBT history in Greece LGBT people from Greece LGBT writers from Greece Writers of lost works 4th-century BC painters {{Greece-painter-stub