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Ctesilochus

Ctesilochus (fl. 4th century BCE) was a painter of ancient Greece. He was the pupil and perhaps brother of the much more renowned painter Apelles.

Ctesilochus was known primarily by a ludicrous, parodical picture representing the birth of Bacchus. This stood out even to the ancients as a somewhat unusual choice of subject.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainUrlichs, Ludwig (1870). "Ctesilochus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 900.

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