AGATHARCHIDES, or AGATHARCHUS

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AGATHARCHIDES, or AGATHARCHUS , of Cnidus, Greek historian and geographer, lived in the time of

Ptolemy

PTOLEMY (
CLAUDIUS
PTOLEMAEUS)

Philometor (181146 B.C.) and his successors. Amongst other works, he wrote

treatises

TREATISES

Asia

ASIA

, Europe and The Red Sea. Interesting extracts from the last, of some length, are preserved in

Photius

PHOTIUS
PHOTIUS (c. 82o-891)

(cod. 213), who praises the style of the author, which waswriters know nothing of canvas scenes; the background painted by Agatharchus was the wooden front of the stage building, and it was painted, not with reference to any particular play, but as a permanent decorative background, representing no doubt a palace or temple. Agatharchus is said to have been seized by Alcibiades and compelled by him to paint the interior of his

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

, which shows that at the time (about 435 B.C.) decorative

painting

PAINTING

of rooms was the fashion.

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