Timarete ( el, Τιμαρέτη) (or Thamyris, Tamaris, Thamar; 5th century BC), was an ancient

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. She was the daughter of the painter Micon the Younger of

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. According to

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic ' ...

, she "scorned the duties of women and practised her father's art." At the time of

Archelaus I of Macedon Archelaus I (; grc-gre, Ἀρχέλαος ) was a king of the kingdom of Macedonia from 413 to 399 BC. He was a capable and beneficent ruler, known for the sweeping changes he made in state administration, the military, and commerce. By the t ...

she was best known for a panel painting of the goddess Diana that was kept at

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. Ephesus had a particular reverence for the goddess Diana. While it is no longer extant, it was kept at Ephesus for many years. She is one of the six female artists of antiquity mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Natural History (XL.147–148) in A.D. 77: Timarete,

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, Calypso,

Aristarete Aristarete (Greek: Ἀ''ρισταρέτη'') (or Aristareté, Aristareta) was an ancient Greek painter. Little is known about her, including where and when she lived. Although none of her works are known to be extant, Pliny the Elder's '' Natur ...

Iaia Iaia of Cyzicus ( el, Ιαία της Κυζίκου), sometimes (incorrectly) called Lala or Lalla, or rendered as Laia or Maia, was a Roman painter, born in Greece, and relatively exceptional for being a woman artist. She was alive during the ...

, Olympias.J. Linderski. The Paintress Calypso and Other Painters in Pliny. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. Bd. 145 (2003), pp. 83–96 They are mentioned later in Boccaccio's ''

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Primary sources

*Pliny the Elder ''Naturalis historia'' xxxv.35.59
40.147

Secondary sources

*Chadwick, Whitney. ''Women, Art, and Society''. Thames and Hudson, London, 1990. *Harris, Anne Sutherland and

Linda Nochlin Linda Nochlin (''née'' Weinberg; January 30, 1931 – October 29, 2017) was an American art historian, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor Emerita of Modern Art at New York University Institute of Fine Arts, and writer. As a prominent feminist art h ...

. ''Women Artists: 1550–1950''. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Knopf, New York, 1976.

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