Ctesilochus
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Ctesilochus (fl. 4th century BCE) was a painter of ancient Greece. He was the pupil and perhaps brother of the much more renowned painter Apelles.
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- male
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Student of
- Apelles
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Ctesilochus (fl. 4th century BCE) was a painter of ancient Greece. He was the pupil and perhaps brother of the much more renowned painter Apelles.
Ctesilochus was known primarily by a ludicrous, parodical picture representing the birth of Bacchus. This stood out even to the ancients as a somewhat unusual choice of subject.
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