- Anaxandra
Anaxandra (fl. 220s BC) was an
ancient Greek female artist and painter fromSicyon , Greece. She was the daughter and student of Nealkes, a painter of mythological and genre scenes. She is mentioned byClement of Alexandria , the 2nd century AD Christian theologian, in a section of his Stromateis (Miscellanies) entitled "Women as Well as Men Capable of Perfection". Clement cites a lost work of the Hellenistic scholarDidymus Chalcenterus (first century B.C.) as his source.Modern uses
Her name was given by the
International Astronomical Union in 1994 to a large 20km diameter crater on Venus to commemorate the artist. The name was also used by the authorCaroline B. Cooney for the principal character in her 2003 novel "Goddess of Yesterday" which is set much earlier during theTrojan wars .ee also
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List of craters on Venus References
* [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/heritage_floor/anasandra.php Anasandra] (sic). Entry at the Brooklyn Museum 'Dinner Party' database. Accessed September 2007
* [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0172.html Anaxandra ] in the "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology" William Smith (1870) at Ancient Library. Accessed September 2007
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=m1A1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=anaxandra+artist&source=web&ots=g4umn8SkFc&sig=-UznBFPhSdSziEWwboMJuISmGV0#PPR1,M1 Women Artists in All Ages and Countries] By Elizabeth Fries Ellet , New York, 1859. At Google book search.
* [http://www.sikyon.com/sicyon/Painting/spainting_eg.html Painting of Ancient Sikyon] at Ancient Greek Cities, (1997) Ellen Papakyriakou/Anagnostou. Accessed September 2007
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/vc/vcinfo/?refnum=321 Anaxandra crater] Venus Crater database, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2007
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureNameDetail.jsp?feature=60422 Anaxandra crater] Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Accessed September 2007
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