Antidotus

This article is about the ancient Greek painter. For the comic poet, see Antidotus (poet).

Antidotus was an ancient Greek painter, mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History

Life

Antidotus flourished about 336 BC. According to Pliny he was a pupil of Euphranor, and the teacher of Nicias the Athenian. He worked in encaustic.

Pliny says that "Antidotus, as a painter, was more careful in his works than prolific, and his colouring was of a severe style." He mentions three pictures by him in Athens: "a Combatant armed with a shield; a Wrestler, also; and a Trumpeter, a work which has been considered a most exquisite production."

Pliny is the only writer to have mentioned him.

Sources

• Translation by John Bostock and H.T. Riley.
• This article incorporates text from the article "Antidotus" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.