Micon the Younger of Athens, simply Micon or Mikon () was an ancient Greek painter and sculptor from the middle of the 5th century BC.Pliny the Elder, Natural History 33.160.2 https://latin.packhum.org/loc/978/1/2456/2529-2534Six, J. “Mikon’s Fourth Picture in the Theseion.” The Journal of Hellenic Studies 39 (1919): 130–43. https://doi.org/10.2307/624877. He was closely associated with Polygnotus of Thasos, in conjunction with whom he adorned the Stoa poikile ("Painted Portico"), at Athens, with paintings of the Battle of Marathon and other battles.Howe, Thalia Phillies. “Sophokles, Mikon and the Argonauts.” American Journal of Archaeology 61, no. 4 (1957): 341–50. https://doi.org/10.2307/500602. He also painted in the Anakeion at Athens. His daughter was the painter Timarete.
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