Agatharchus
historical figure · 5 works · 6 mentions · 6 anchored passages
the painter Agatharchus
in the texts
History of the Peloponnesian War
Syracusan commander leading a squadron sent both to the Peloponnese as ambassadors and to raid Athenian shipping in Italy.
The commanders of the Syracusan fleet were Sicanus and Agatharchus, each occupying a wing of the whole force, with Pythen and the Corinthians in the centre.
Against Alcibiades
An artist compelled by Alcibiades to paint for him and imprisoned in his house for three months until he escaped.
and when Agatharchus appealed to him, stating with perfect truth that he could not oblige him at the moment because he had other engagements, Alcibiades threatened him with imprisonment, unless he started painting straight away.
It makes me angry to think that while you yourselves cannot place even malefactors under arrest without risk, because it is enacted that anyone who fails to gain one-fifth of the votes shall be liable to a fine of a thousand drachmae, Alcibiades, who imprisoned a man for so long and forced him to paint, went unpunished—nay, increased thereby the awe and the fear in which he is held.
Against Meidias
Painter mentioned in a prior story of imprisonment.
Another story is that he imprisoned the painter Agatharchus.
Alcibiades
Painter whom Alcibiades imprisoned in his house until he had decorated it, afterward releasing him with a handsome gift.
For instance, he once imprisoned the painter Agatharchus in his house until he had adorned it with paintings for him, and then dismissed his captive with a handsome present.
Pericles
Painter who boasted of the speed and ease of his work, prompting Zeuxis's reply.
And yet they say that once on a time when Agatharchus the painter was boasting loudly of the speed and ease with which he made his figures, Zeuxis heard him, and said, Mine take, and last, a long time.