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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 785 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THEON , of See also:

Samos, See also:Greek painter of the See also:age of See also:Alexander the See also:Great, is mentioned by See also:Quintilian as a See also:good artist of the second See also:rank. If we may See also:trust the somewhat flimsy stories told about him, his forte consisted in a lifelike, or perhaps, as See also:Brunn (KiInstlergeschichte, ii. 253) puts it, a theatrical See also:representation of See also:action. His figures were said to start out of the picture. He See also:chose such congenial subjects as the madness of See also:Orestes, and a soldier rushing to See also:battle. Another painter, Theorus, is mentioned, whom Brunn regards as identical with Theon.

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