Aregon Explained

Aregon (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀρήγων) was a painter from Corinth in ancient Greece, who, in conjunction with a "Cleanthes", ornamented the temple of Artemis Alpheionia at the mouth of the Alpheius river in Elis.

Aregon is known to have painted Artemis riding on a griffin.[1]

If Cleanthes was the same artist who was mentioned by Pliny the Elder, Aregon must be placed at the very earliest period of the rise of art in Greece.[2]

Notes and References

  1. [Strabo]
  2. [Pliny the Elder]