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MICON

Volume 14 · 68 words · 1860 Edition

an Athenian artist and sculptor, was the son of Phanocchus, and flourished in the fifth century B.C. He assisted in the painting of the Pecile at Athens; and, according to some authors, had a hand in the famous picture of the "Battle of Marathon." He was assisted in some of his works by Polygnotus. He executed several statues; but he was especially famous for his representations of horses.