Alcisthene or Alkisthene (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκισθένη) may have been a female painter mentioned by Pliny the Elder,[1] in a list of notable female painters.[2][3] In the Latin text, however, the name Alcisthenes seems to refer instead to a dancer (saltator) who is the subject of a painting by Irene daughter of the painter Cratinus.[4]
References
edit- ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia xxxv. 11. s. 40
- ^ Mason, Charles Peter (1867). "Alcis (1)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 104. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013.
- ^ Samson, George Whitefield (1876). Elements of Art Criticism. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. p. 582.
- ^ Pliny the Elder. Naturalis Historia.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alcis (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.