List of Greek artists

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This is a list of Greek artists from the antiquity to today. Artists have been categorised according to their main artistic profession and according to the major historical period they lived in: The Ancient (until the foundation of the Byzantine Empire), the Byzantine (until the fall of Constantinople in 1453) and the Modern period (1453-today).

Contents 1 Ancient Greece 1.1 Poets 1.2 Painters 1.3 Vase painters 1.4 Potters 1.5 Sculptors 1.6 Architects 1.7 Novelists 1.8 Actors 1.9 Dramatists and playwrights 1.10 Musicians 2 Byzantine Greece 2.1 Poets 2.2 Painters 2.3 Architects 2.4 Writers 3 Modern Greece 3.1 Painters 3.2 Potters 3.3 Sculptors 3.4 Film directors 3.5 Poets 3.6 Novelists 3.7 Dramatists and playwrights 3.8 Actors 3.9 Singers 3.10 Musicians 3.11 Composers

[edit] Ancient Greece

[edit] Poets

Main article: List of Ancient Greek poets

[edit] Painters

Agatharchus, Antiphilus, Apelles, Apollodorus (painter), Aristides of Thebes, Cimon of Cleonae, Echion (painter), Euphranor, Eupompus, Melanthius, Panaenus, Parrhasius, Pausias, Polyeidos (poet), Polygnotus, Protogenes, Theon of Samos, Timarete, Timomachus, Zeuxis and Parrhasius,

[edit] Vase painters

Main article: List of Greek Vase Painters

[edit] Potters

Andokides, Euphronios, Euthymides, Exekias, Kachrylion, Nikosthenes, Phintias (painter),

[edit] Sculptors

Cephisodotus the Elder, Cephisodotus the Younger, Demetrius of Alopece, Euphranor, Eutychides, Leochares, Lysippos, Lysistratus, Polycles (370BC), Polykleitos, Polykleitos the Younger, Praxias and Androsthenes, Praxiteles, Scopas, Silanion, Thrasymedes, Timotheos, Ageladas, Alcamenes, Calamis (5th century BC), Kresilas, Kritios, Lycius (sculptor), Micon, Myron, Onatas, Paeonius, Phidias, Polykleitos, Pythagoras of Rhegium, Strongylion, Ageladas, Antenor, Archermus, Bathycles of Magnesia, Bupalus, Canachus, Dipoenus and Scyllis, Endoeus, Hegias of Athens, Rhoecus, Smilis, Theodorus of Samos, Butades, Agasias, Agesander of Rhodes, Alexandros of Antioch, Apollonius of Tralles, Boethus, Bryaxis, Calamis (4th century BC), Chares of Lindos, Damophon, Epigonus, Eutychides, Lysippos, Lysistratus, Menecrates (sculptor), Pasiteles, Polycles (155BC), Praxiteles, Sosicles (sculptor), Xenokrates of Sicyon,

[edit] Architects

Apollodorus of Damascus, Callimachus (sculptor), Chersiphron, Dinocrates, Eupalinus, Iktinos, Kallikrates, Metagenes, Mnesikles, Aeulius Nicon, Philon, Pythis, Satyros, Sostratus of Cnidus,

[edit] Novelists

Achilles Tatius, Antonius Diogenes, Chariton, Heliodorus of Emesa, Iamblichus (novelist), Longus, Lucian, Xenophon of Ephesus

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Actors

Artists

Clergymen

Diplomats

Entrepreneurs

Journalists

Military

Music

Poets

Politicians

Scientistis

Sports

Writers

[edit] Actors

Metrobius, Thespis

[edit] Dramatists and playwrights

Achaeus of Eretria, Achaeus of Syracuse, Aeschylus, Agathon, Alexander Aetolus, Alexis, Anaxandrides, Antiphanes, Aphareus (writer), Apollodorus of Carystus, Aristarchus of Tegea, Aristophanes, Carcinus (writer), Chaeremon, Choerilus (tragic poet), Cleophon (poet), Cratinus, Diphilus, Epicharmus of Kos, Eupolis, Euripides, Hegemon of Thasos, Herodas, Ion of Chios, Iophon, Menander, Neophron, Nicochares, Pherecrates, Philemon (poet), Phrynichus (comic poet), Phrynichus (tragic poet), Plato (comic poet), Pratinas, Rhinthon, Sophocles, Sositheus, Strattis, Theodectes, Xenocles

[edit] Musicians

Alypius composer, Terpander poet and kitharode

[edit] Byzantine Greece

[edit] Poets

Christopher of Mytilene, Michael Glycas, John Mauropous, Vitsentzos Kornaros, Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Paul the Silentiary, Manuel Philes, George Pisida, Michael Psellos, John Tzetzes

[edit] Painters

Michael Astrapas and Eutychios Theophanes the Greek

[edit] Architects

Anthemius of Tralles, Isidore of Miletus

[edit] Writers

Nicephorus Blemmydes, Nicholas Cabasilas, Cassianus Bassus, Demetrius Chalcondylas, Michael Choniates, Coluthus, Constantine Manasses, Constantine VII, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople, Hesychius of Miletus, Kekaumenos, Leontios of Neapolis, Leontius (writer), Joannes Laurentius Lydus, Mazaris, Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople, Leontius Pilatus, Rhetorius, Simeon Seth, Theodore Prodromus, Theodorus Hyrtacenus, Anna Comnena, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Isaac of Nineveh, John of Damascus, Michael Psellos, Procopius, Zozimus

[edit] Modern Greece

[edit] Painters

Phaedon Anastasiades, Constantine Andreou, Giorgio de Chirico, Hermon di Giovanno, Dionysius of Fourna, El Greco, Nikos Engonopoulos, Demetrios Farmakopoulos, Demetrios Galanis, Nicholaos Gysis, Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas, Theophilos Hatzimihail, Georgios Jakobides, Christos Kapralos, Vassilis Karakatsanis, Photios Kontoglou, Kourouniotis, Nektarios Livisianos, Nikiphoros Lytras, Dimitris C. Milionis, Yiannis Moralis, Theocharis Mores, Dimitris Mytaras, Nicos Nicolaides, Nikos Nikolaou, Périclès Pantazis, George Papassavas, Mina Papatheodorou-Valyraki, Konstantinos Parthenis, Yiannis Poulakas, Yiannis Psychopedis, Litsa Spathi, Yannis Stavrou, Panayiotis Tetsis, Epameinondas Thomopoulos, Yannis Tsarouchis, Chrisostomo Tsotso, Antonio Vassilacchi, Lydia Venieri, Konstantinos Volanakis, Constantin Xenakis, Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos, Odysseus Yakoumakis,

[edit] Potters

George Vavatsis

[edit] Sculptors

Joannis Avramidis Constantine Andreou, Chryssa, Kostas Dikefalos, Jannis Kounellis, Memos Makris, Thodoros Papadimitriou, Thodoros Papayiannis, Nikolaos Pavlopoulos, Kyriakos Rokos, Takis, Vassilis Vassili, Lydia Venieri, Constantin Xenakis

[edit] Film directors

Kostas Andritsos, Theo Angelopoulos, Michael Cacoyannis, George Pan Cosmatos, Costa Gavras, Iakovos Kambanelis, Giorgos Konstadinou, Nikos Koundouros, Manakis brothers, Nico Mastorakis, Laura Neri, Dimitris Papamichael, Nikos Papatakis, Pavlos Tassios, Vassilis Photopoulos, Yannis Smaragdis, George Tzavellas, Agnès Varda, Dimitris Voyatzis

[edit] Poets

Aris Alexandrou, Manolis Anagnostakis, Olga Broumas, Demetrios Capetanakis, Constantine P. Cavafy, Athanasios Christopoulos, Nikos Dimou, Odysseas Elytis, Andreas Embirikos, Nikos Engonopoulos, Rigas Feraios, Nikos Gatsos, Demetris Th. Gotsis, Sotiris Kakisis, Ektor Kaknavatos, Andreas Kalvos, Iakovos Kambanelis, Paraskevas Karasoulos, Nikos Karouzos, Kostas Karyotakis, Nikos Kavvadias, Nikos Kazantzakis, Antigone Kefala, Dimitris P. Kraniotis, Napoleon Lapathiotis, Dimitris Lyacos, Jean Moréas, Kostis Palamas, Alexandros Panagoulis, Tzimis Panousis, Lefteris Papadopoulos, George Pavlopoulos, Dimitris Pistikos, Maria Polydouri, Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Yiannis Ritsos, Miltos Sachtouris, Giorgos Seferis, Angelos Sikelianos, Takis Sinopoulos, Giannis Skarimpas, Dionysios Solomos, Alexandros Soutsos, Alexis Stamatis, Theodore Stephanides, Nanos Valaoritis, Kostas Varnalis, Vassilis Vassilikos, Haris Vlavianos, Yannis Yfantis

[edit] Novelists

Yannis Anastasopoulos, Andreas Karkavitsas, Georgios Balanos, Penelope Delta, Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Garoufalis, Vicky Hadjivassiliou, Dimitris Hantzopoulos, Andreas Kalvos, Christos Kapralos, Nikos Kazantzakis, Anestis Keramidas, Photios Kontoglou, Adamantios Korais, Ioannis Kottounios, Yannis Makriyannis, Menis Koumantareas, Alexandros Papadiamantis, Zacharias Papantoniou, Pythagoras Papastamatiou, Konstantinos Plevris, Ioannis Psycharis, Giannis Skarimpas, Soti Triantafyllou, Vassilis Vassilikos, Demetrius Vikelas, Alki Zei

[edit] Dramatists and playwrights

Angelos Terzakis, Crates (comic poet), Apostolos Doxiadis, Nikos Kazantzakis, Dimitris Lyacos, M. Karagatsis, Nicos Nicolaides, Dimitris Psathas, Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Giannis Skarimpas

[edit] Actors

Main article: List of Greeks

[edit] Singers

Main article: List of Greeks

[edit] Musicians

Main article: List of Greeks

[edit] Composers

Main article: List of composers by nationality