Thasos - Notable People

Notable People

  • Archilochos (7th c. BC) warrior and poet. "You led us a thousand strong at Thasos, fields fattened by corpses."
  • Aglaophon (6–5th c. BC) painter, teacher and father of Polygnotus and Aristophon.
  • Hegemon of Thasos comedian, inventor of parody
  • Leodamas (4th century BC) mathematician
  • Neseus of Thasos, painter
  • Polygnostos Vagis (1892–1965) Thasos-born US sculptor
  • Polygnotus (middle of 5th c.BC), painter
  • Stesimbrotos (c. 470 BC-c. 420 BC) sophist
  • Theagenes Olympic boxer (480 BC), Pankratiast (476 BC) and runner.
  • Vassilis Vassilikos (1934) poet and author
  • Demetrios Vassiliades (1958) Indologist scholar and author

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