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Polygnotus

500 BC - 500 BC

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Polygnotus (; Greek: Πολύγνωτος Polygnotos) was an ancient Greek painter from the middle of the 5th century BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Polygnotus is the 384th most popular painter (down from 347th in 2019). (down from 435th in 2019)

Polygnotus is most famous for his frescoes found in the Lesche of the Knidians in Delphi.

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Among painters, Polygnotus ranks 384 out of 2,023Before her are Carlo Carrà, Dosso Dossi, William Holman Hunt, Albert Edelfelt, Giovanni Segantini, and Paulus Potter. After her are Lovis Corinth, Armand Guillaumin, Elisabetta Sirani, Leonora Carrington, Pietro Longhi, and Albert Marquet.

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Among people born in 500 BC, Polygnotus ranks 24Before her are Pleistarchus, Brasidas, Nicias, Archelaus, Mnesikles, and Pharnabazus II. After her are Alcetas II of Macedon, Fan Li, Eubulides, Paeonius, Alcamenes, and Parrhasius. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Polygnotus ranks 16Before her are Rāhula, Himilco, Xanthippus, Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Obadiah, and Demaratus. After her are Lars Porsena, Kapila, Amestris, Ageladas, Artaphernes, and Phrynichus.

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