PAMPHILUS, one of the most distinguished of Greek painters, was born at Amphipolis in the fourth century B.C., and studied at Sicyon under Eupompus. The high opinion which he entertained of the requirements of an artist became the most prominent feature of his career. While studying as a pupil, he thought it necessary to make himself a proficient in all the general learning of the day. After he had succeeded his master as head of the Siconian school, he established a comprehensive system of artistic training. All sciences that related either directly or indirectly to painting were included in the subjects of study; the duration of the course was extended over ten years; and the art of delineating was laid down as the fundamental element in the education of all those who were free-born. The result of this thorough-going method soon became palpable. The master and some of his pupils outstripped all other artists in the composition of their pictures; such painters as Apelles were attracted by the growing reputation of the school; and the above-mentioned principle touching delineation came to be adopted throughout the rest of Greece. The close attention which Pamphilus devoted to tuition must have left him little time for the private practice of his art. Accordingly, the only pictures of his whose names are recorded are the "Heraclidae," "The Battle of Philus," "Ulysses on the Raft," and the "Cognatio" or "Relationship." The last is supposed to be a family group.