Panaenus Explained

Panaenus (grc|Πάναινος), brother or nephew of Phidias, was an ancient Greek painter who worked in conjunction with Polygnotus and Micon at Athens.^{[1] [2]}

The painting of the Battle of Marathon in the Stoa Poikile is ascribed to Panaenus and to Micon and Polygnotus, who may have assisted him.^[3]

He also painted the marble sides of the throne of the statue of Zeus erected by Phidias at Olympia.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Panaenus . 20 . 663.
2. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0062%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D3%3Aentry%3Dpanaenus-harpers Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Panaenus
3. Smith, William (ed.) 1870, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Little & Brown, Boston & London (p. 466, entry Polygnotus).