Philoxenos of Eretria facts for kids
Philoxenus of Eretria was a painter from Eretria. He was the student of Nicomachus of Thebes. Philoxenus copied his speed in painting. He found new and fast ways of painting. Pliny said a picture Philoxenus painted was the best painting. It was of a battle of Alexander the Great with Darius. He painted it for King Cassander. The same subject was used in the Alexander Mosaic in the House of the Faun, in Pompeii.
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The Alexander Mosaic, which is believed to be a copy of the original by Philoxenus of Eretria
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In Spanish: Filoxeno de Eretria para niños
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