proper nounPănaenusPANAENVS☆ KeepMeaninga famous painterLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879PANAENUSLEWIS & SHORTPANAENUSPănaenus, i, m., I. a famous painter, brother of the sculptor Phidias, Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54; 35, 8, 34, § 57.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyPanaenusPanaenus (Πάναινος), a distinguished Athenian painter, who flourished, according to Pliny, in the 83rd Olympiad, B. C. 448 (H. N. 35.8. s. 4). He was …