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ARISTIDES

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 495 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARISTIDES  , of

Thebes, a Greek painter of the 4th century B.C . He is said to have excelled in expression . For example, a picture of his representing a dying
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mother's fear lest her infant should suck
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death from her breast was much celebrated . He also painted one of Alexander's battles . One of his pictures is said to have been bought by King Attalus for
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ioo talents (more than L20,000) .

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