Timarete () (or Thamyris, Tamaris, Thamar; 5th century BC), was an ancient

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. She was the daughter of the painter Micon the Younger of

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

. According to

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder ( ), was a Roman Empire, Roman author, Natural history, naturalist, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the Roman emperor, emperor Vesp ...

, she "scorned the duties of women and practised her father's art." At the time of

Archelaus I of Macedon Archelaus (; ; died 399 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from 413 to 399 BC. He was a capable and beneficent ruler, known for the sweeping changes he made in state administration, the military, and commerce. By the time tha ...

she was best known for a panel painting of the goddess Diana that was kept at

Ephesus Ephesus (; ; ; may ultimately derive from ) was an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, the former Arzawan capital ...

, a city that the goddess. While it is no longer extant, it was kept at Ephesus for many years. She is one of the six female artists of antiquity mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Natural History (XL.147–148) in A.D. 77: Timarete,

Irene Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), Greek for "peace". Irene, and related names, may refer to: * Irene (given name) Places * Irene, Gauteng, South Africa * Irene, South Dakota, United States * Irene, Texas, United States ...

, Calypso,

Aristarete Aristarete or Aristareta () was an ancient Greek painter. Little is known about her, including where and when she lived. Although none of her works are known to be extant, Pliny the Elder's ''Natural History (Pliny), Natural History'' contains m ...

, Iaia, Olympias.J. Linderski. The Paintress Calypso and Other Painters in Pliny. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. Bd. 145 (2003), pp. 83–96

Primary sources

*Pliny the Elder ''Naturalis historia'' xxxv.35.59
40.147

Secondary sources

*Chadwick, Whitney. ''Women, Art, and Society''. Thames and Hudson, London, 1990. *Harris, Anne Sutherland and

Linda Nochlin Linda Nochlin (''née'' Weinberg; January 30, 1931 – October 29, 2017) was an American art historian, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor Emerita of Modern Art at New York University Institute of Fine Arts, and writer. As a prominent feminist art hi ...

. ''Women Artists: 1550–1950''. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Knopf, New York, 1976.

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