Antidotus, a disciple of Euphranor, and the instructor of Nicias the Athenian, flourished about 336 BC. He was more remarkable for the laborious finish of his encaustic paintings than for the ingenuity of his invention. His colouring was cold, and his outline hard and dry. Among the few pictures by him which have been noticed, were 'A Warrior ready for Combat;' 'A Wrestler;' and 'A Man playing on the Flute.' Pliny is the only writer who has mentioned him.
This article incorporates text from the article "Antidotus" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.