Dioscurides
(Διοσουρίδης), or DIOSCO'RIDES.
1. Of Samos, the maker of two mosaic pavements found at Pompeii, in the so-called villa of Cicero. They both represent comic scenes, and are inscribed with the artist's name, ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ ΣΑΜΙΟΣ ΕΠΟΙΗΣΕ
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They are entirely of glass, and are among the most beautiful of ancient mosaics. They are fully described by Winckelmann. (Geschichte d. Kunst, bk. 7.4.18, bk. 12.1. §§ 9-11, Naachricht. v. d. neuest. Hercul. Entdeck. § 54, 55.) A woodcut of one of them is given in the Useful Knowledge Society's "Pompeii," ii. p. 41. (See also Mus. Borbon. 4.34.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.