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Also known as Timareta

thumb|right|150px| Detail of a miniature of Thamyris (Timarete) painting her picture of the goddess Diana, N. France,(Rouen) 15th century . Timarete () (or Thamyris, Tamaris, Thamar; 5th century BC), was an ancient Greek painter.

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Place of birth
Classical Athens
Place of death
Athens
Father
Micon
Occupation
painter
Image
Timarete2.jpg
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Timarete
date of birth
0420-00-00
date of death
0400-00-00
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thumb|right|150px| Detail of a miniature of Thamyris (Timarete) painting her picture of the goddess Diana, N. France,(Rouen) 15th century . Timarete () (or Thamyris, Tamaris, Thamar; 5th century BC), was an ancient Greek painter.

She was the daughter of the painter Micon the Younger of Athens. According to Pliny the Elder, she "scorned the duties of women and practised her father's art." At the time of Archelaus I of Macedon she was best known for a panel painting of the goddess Diana that was kept at Ephesus, a city that the goddess. While it is no longer extant, it was kept at Ephesus for many years.

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