Athenion of Maroneia (Ancient Greek: Ἀθηνίων Μαρωνίτης) was an ancient Greek painter, born at Maroneia in Thrace who flourished during the late 4th and early 3rd centuries BC. He was a pupil of Glaucion of Corinth, and a contemporary probably of Nicias, whom he resembled and excelled, though his style was harsher. He gave promise of the highest excellence in his art, but died young.

[edit] Works

• Αχιλλεύς ως κόρη (Achilles, disguised as a Girl, discovered by Odysseus)
• Συγγενικόν (An Assembly of Relatives)
• Νεανίας Iπποκόμος (Α Groom with a Horse)
• Φύλαρχος (Phylarch)

[edit] References

• Natural History (Pliny) XXXV.134 (11. s. 40. § 29).
• Pausanias, XXVI.3.
• Art Encyclopedia
• The Ancient Library - Athenion

[edit] Sources

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).

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