1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Apollodorus (painter)

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APOLLODORUS, an Athenian painter, who flourished at the end of the 5th century b.c. He is said to have introduced great improvements in perspective and chiaroscuro. What these were it is impossible to say: perspective cannot have been in his day at an advanced stage. Among his works were an Odysseus, a priest in prayer, and an Ajax struck by lightning.