Antiphilus was a Greek painter, of the age of Alexander. He worked for Philip of Macedon and Ptolemy I. of Egypt. Thus he was a contemporary of Apelles, whose rival he is said to have been, but he seems to have worked in quite another style. Quintilian speaks of his facility: the descriptions of his works which have come down to us show that he excelled in light and shade, in genre representations, and in caricature.

References

• Brunn, Geschichte der griechischen Kunstler, ii. p. 249.
• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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