proper nounAglăŏphōnAGLAOPHON☆ KeepMeaninga celebrated Greek painterLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879AGLAOPHONLEWIS & SHORTAGLAOPHONAglăŏphōn, ontis, m., = Ἀγλαοφῶν, I. a celebrated Greek painter, painter, before Zeuxis, Cic. de Or. 3, 7; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 60; Quint. 12, 10, 3 Spald.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyAglaophonAglaophon (Ἀγλαοφῶν), a painter, born in the island of Thasos, the father and instructor of Polygnotus. (Suidas and Photius, s. v. Πολύγνωτος; Anth. G…