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Theon
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of Samos, Greek painter of the age of Alexander the Great, is mentioned by Quintilian as a good artist of the second rank. If we may trust the somewhat flimsy stories told about him, his forte consisted in a lifelike, or perhaps, as Brunn (Kilnstlergeschichte, ii. 2S3) puts it, a theatrical representation of action. His figures were said to start out of the picture. He chose such congenial subjects as the madness of Orestes, and a soldier rushing to battle. Another painter, Theorus, is mentioned, whom Brunn regards as identical with Theon.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Theon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/theon.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Theon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/theon.html. 1910.
