Polygnōtus

, a celebrated painter of Thasos, about 422 years before the christian era. His father’s name was Aglaophon. He adorned one of the public porticoes of Athens with his paintings, in which he had represented the most striking events of the Trojan war. He particularly excelled in giving grace, liveline , and expre ion to his pieces. The A then i ans were so pleased with him, that they offered to reward his labours with whatever he pleased to accept. He declined this generous offer, and the Amphictyonic council, which was composed of the representatives of the principal cities of Greece, ordered that Polygnotus should be maintained at the public expense ♦ wherever he went.— Quintilian , bk. 12 , ch. 10 .— Pliny , bks. 33 & 34.— Plutarch , Cimon .— Pausanias , bk. 10 , ch. 25 , . ――A statuary. Pliny , bk. 34 . ♦ ‘where ever’ replaced with ‘wherever’