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Alcisthene

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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

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  1. ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia xxxv. 11. s. 40
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Samson, George Whitefield (1876). Elements of Art Criticism. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. p. 582.
  4. ^ Pliny the Elder. Naturalis Historia.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Alcis (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.