TIMOMACHUS  , a

Greek painter of the 1st century B.C . He was noted especially for two pictures, one of which represented Ajax during his madness, the other Medea meditating the slaying of her children . Both of these works were remarkable for their power of expression, especially in the face, and so belong to the latest phase of Greek art . Of the Medea we may form some notion from paintings found at Pompeii, representing that heroine standing with a sheathed sword in her hand, and watching the children at play (Helbig, Wandgemalde Campaniens, Nos . 1262–1265) .