Apelles of Kos was a renowned painter of ancient Greece. Pliny the Elder, to whom much of modern scholars' knowledge of this artist is owed, rated him superior to preceding and subsequent artists. He dated Apelles to the 112th Olympiad, possibly because he had produced a portrait of Alexander the Great.
Reconstruction of a mosaic depiction of the Battle of Issus after a painting supposed to be by Apelles or Philoxenus of Eretria found in the House of the Faun at Pompeii
This mural from Pompeii is believed to be based on Apelles' Venus Anadyomene, brought to Rome by Augustus.
Alexander the Great Offering His Concubine Campaspe to the Painter Apelles (Gaetano Gandolfi, c. 1793–97)
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the studio of Apelles, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
Sicyon or Sikyōn was an ancient Greek city state situated in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea on the territory of the present-day regional unit of Corinthia. The ruins lie just west of the modern village of Sikyona. An ancient monarchy at the times of the Trojan War, the city was ruled by a number of tyrants during the Archaic and Classical period and became a democracy in the 3rd century BC. Sicyon was celebrated for its contributions to ancient Greek art, producing many famous painters and sculptors. In Hellenistic times it was also the home of Aratus of Sicyon, the leader of the Achaean League.
Ruins of Sicyon
The ancient theatre of Sikyon today
Excavation site of a Doric temple in Sikyon
Image: Sikyon x