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Echion (Ancient Greek: Έχίων), also known as Aetion, was a celebrated Greek painter spoken of by Lucian,[1] who gives a description of one of his pictures, representing the marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxana. This painting excited such admiration when exhibited at the ancient Olympic Games, that Proxenidas, one of the judges, gave the artist his daughter in marriage.

Ancient Greek painters
Agatharchus Anaxandra Androcydes Antiphilus Aglaophon Antidotus Antorides Apelles Apollodorus Aregon Aristarete Aristides of Thebes Aristoclides Aristolaos Ariston Aristophon Artemon Athenion of Maroneia Asclepiodorus Cimon of Cleonae Ctesilochus Echion Euphranor Eupompus Galaton Heraclides Melanthius Micon Mnasitheus of Sicyon Nealkes Nicomachus of Thebes Pamphilus Panaenus Parrhasius Pausias Peiraikos Philoxenus of Eretria Polyidus Polygnotus Protogenes Thales Theon of Samos Timanthes Timanthes of Sicyon Timarete Timomachus Zeuxis
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Echion seems to have excelled particularly in the art of mixing and laying on his colors. It has commonly been supposed that he lived in the time of Alexander the Great; but the words of Lucian show clearly that he must have lived about the time of Hadrian and the Antonines.

Aloys Hirt supposes that the name of the painter of Alexander's marriage, whom Lucian praises so highly, as Aetion, is a corruption of Echion.[3][4]

Sandro Botticelli drew on Lucian's ekphrasis in his Mars and Venus (c. 1485, now National Gallery), borrowing the amoretti playing with Alexander's armour during the ceremony, two carrying his lance and one who has crawled inside his breastplate.

See also

• List of ancient Greeks
• List of painters

References

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aetion. 2". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

На других языках

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- [en] Echion (painter)

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[es] Aeción

Aeción (griego antiguo Έχίων) fue un pintor y escultor griego a quien algunos historiadores suponen contemporáneo de Apeles, de Nicómaco y de Protógenes, fundándose en la mención que hacen de él Luciano y Cicerón al hablar de los otros citados pintores.

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[it] Aezione

Aezione (in greco antico: Ἀετίων, Aetìon; IV secolo a.C. – ...) è stato un pittore greco antico forse di origine ionica e formatosi alla scuola attico-tebana, vissuto all'epoca di Alessandro Magno, viene ricordato da talune fonti antiche anche come scultore[1].

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[ru] Аэтион

Аэтион из Милета или из Ионии (Αετιων) — древнегреческий скульптор и живописец, современник Александра Македонского.

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