# List of Greek artists

This is a list of Greek artists from the antiquity to today. Artists have been categorised according to their main artistic profession and according to the major historical period they lived in: the Ancient (until the foundation of the Byzantine Empire), the Byzantine (until the fall of Constantinople in 1453), Cretan Renaissance 1453-1660, Heptanese School 1660-1830 and the Modern period (1830-today). Artists working after World War II are considered Contemporary.

## Ancient Greece
### Painters

* Agatharchus
* Antiphilus
* Apelles
* Apollodorus (painter)
* Aristides of Thebes
* Cimon of Cleonae
* Echion (painter)
* Euphranor
* Eupompus
* Melanthius
* Panaenus
* Parrhasius
* Pausias
* Polyeidos (poet)
* Polygnotus
* Protogenes
* Theon of Samos
* Zeuxis

### Potters

* Andokides
* Brygos
* Ergoteles
* Ergotimos
* Euphronios
* Euthymides
* Exekias
* Exekias
* Hermogenes
* Kachrylion
* Nearchos
* Nikosthenes
* Phintias
* Phrynos
* Sokles

### Architects

* Apollodorus of Damascus
* Callimachus (sculptor)
* Chersiphron
* Dinocratis
* Eupalinus
* Iktinos
* Kallikrates
* Metagenes
* Mnesikles
* Aeulius Nicon
* Philon
* Pythis
* Satyros
* Sostratus of Cnidus

### Novelists

* Achilles Tatius
* Antonius Diogenes
* Chariton
* Heliodorus of Emesa
* Iamblichus (novelist)
* Longus
* Lucian
* Xenophon of Ephesus

### Actors

* Metrobius
* Thespis

### Dramatists and playwrights

* Achaeus of Eretria
* Achaeus of Syracuse
* Aeschylus
* Agathon
* Alexander Aetolus
* Alexis
* Anaxandrides
* Antiphanes
* Aphareus (writer)
* Apollodorus of Carystus
* Aristarchus of Tegea
* Aristophanes
* Carcinus (writer)
* Chaeremon
* Choerilus (tragic poet)
* Cleophon (poet)
* Cratinus
* Diphilus
* Epicharmus of Kos
* Eupolis
* Euripides
* Hegemon of Thasos
* Herodas
* Ion of Chios
* Iophon
* Menander
* Neophron
* Nicochares
* Pherecrates
* Philemon (poet)
* Phrynichus (comic poet)
* Phrynichus (tragic poet)
* Plato (comic poet)
* Pratinas
* Rhinthon
* Sophocles
* Sositheus
* Strattis
* Theodectes
* Xenocles

## Byzantine Greece
### Poets

* Christopher of Mytilene
* Michael Glycas
* John Mauropous
* Vitsentzos Kornaros
* Michael Tarchaniota Marullus
* Paul the Silentiary
* Manuel Philes
* George Pisida
* Michael Psellos
* John Tzetzes

### Painters

* Theodore Apsevdis
* Michael Astrapas and Eutychios
* Theophanes the Greek
* Manuel Panselinos
* Ioannis Pagomenos
* Eulalios

### Architects

* Anthemius of Tralles
* Isidore of Miletus

### Writers

* Nicephorus Blemmydes
* Nicholas Cabasilas
* Cassianus Bassus
* Demetrius Chalcondylas
* Michael Choniates
* Coluthus
* Constantine Manasses
* Constantine VII
* Cosmas Indicopleustes
* Eustathius of Thessalonica
* Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople
* Hesychius of Miletus
* Kekaumenos
* Leontios of Neapolis
* Leontius (writer)
* Joannes Laurentius Lydus
* Mazaris
* Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople
* Leontius Pilatus
* Rhetorius
* Simeon Seth
* Theodore Prodromus
* Theodorus Hyrtacenus
* Anna Comnena
* Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
* Isaac of Nineveh
* John of Damascus
* Michael Psellos
* Procopius
* Zozimus

## Post Byzantine Greece
### Theater

* Georgios Chortatzis
* Vitsentzos Kornaros

### Music

* Francisco Leontaritis
* Michele Stratico
* Konstantinos Agathophron Nikolopoulos
* Petros Peloponnesios

### Painting
#### Italian and Spanish Renaissance Painters

* Marco Basaiti
* El Greco
* Ioannis Permeniates
* Victor
* Belisario Corenzio
* Antonio Vassilacchi
* Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli

#### Cretan Renaissance Painters

* Angelos Akotantos
* Antonios Papadopoulos
* Andreas Pavias
* Angelos Pitzamanos
* Andreas Ritzos
* Nikolaos Tzafouris
* Michael Damaskinos
* Emmanuel Lambardos
* Emmanuel Tzanfournaris
* Fragkos Katelanos
* Ioannis Apakas
* Georgios Klontzas
* Markos Bathas
* Thomas Bathas
* Onufri
* Theophanes the Cretan
* Elias Moskos
* Ioannis Moskos
* Leos Moskos
* Franghias Kavertzas
* Emmanuel Tzanes
* Konstantinos Tzanes
* Victor (iconographer)
* Dionysius of Fourna

#### Heptanese School Painters

* Stephanos Tzangarolas
* Nikolaos Kallergis
* Spyridon Sperantzas
* Spiridione Roma
* Theodore Poulakis
* Nikolaos Doxaras
* Nikolaos Kantounis
* Nikolaos Koutouzis
* Gerasimos Pitsamanos
* Spyridon Ventouras
* Konstantin Kapıdağlı

#### Neo-Hellenikos Diafotismos in Painting

* Panagiotis Doxaras
* Christodoulos Kalergis
* Eustație Altini
* Ioannis Kornaros

## Modern Greece
### Painters

* Constantine Andreou
* Christodoulos Aronis
* Giorgio de Chirico
* Alexandros Christofis
* Tasos Chonias
* Hermon di Giovanno
* Electros
* Nikos Engonopoulos
* Costas Evangelatos
* Demetrios Farmakopoulos
* Alekos Fassianos
* Demetrios Galanis
* Katerina Grolliou
* Nicholaos Gysis
* Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas
* Theophilos Hatzimihail
* Georgios Jakobides
* Christos Kapralos
* Photios Kontoglou
* Spyros Koukoulomatis
* Kourouniotis
* Marios Loizides
* Nikiphoros Lytras
* Yiannis Moralis
* Theocharis Mores
* Dimitris Mytaras
* Nicos Nicolaides
* Nikos Nikolaou
* Périclès Pantazis
* George Papassavas
* Mina Papatheodorou-Valyraki
* Stass Paraskos
* Konstantinos Parthenis
* Yiannis Poulakas
* Yiannis Psychopedis
* Penelope Schizodimou
* Yiannis Spyropoulos
* Yannis Stavrou
* Nikos Stratakis
* Panayiotis Tetsis
* Epameinondas Thomopoulos
* Yannis Tsarouchis
* Alexandros Tzannis
* Antonio Vassilacchi
* Spyros Vassiliou
* Lydia Venieri
* Konstantinos Volanakis
* Constantin Xenakis
* Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos
* Odysseus Yakoumakis

### Sculptors

* Joannis Avramidis
* Constantine Andreou
* Chryssa
* Kostas Dikefalos
* Aggelika Korovessi
* Jannis Kounellis
* Memos Makris
* Thodoros Papadimitriou
* Thodoros Papayiannis
* Nikolaos Pavlopoulos
* Pavlos Prosalentis
* Takis
* Vassilis Vassili
* Electros (also known as Babis Vekris)
* Lydia Venieri
* Constantin Xenakis
* Iannis Xenakis

### Film directors

* Kostas Andritsos
* Theo Angelopoulos
* Michael Cacoyannis
* George Pan Cosmatos
* Costa Gavras
* Iakovos Kambanelis
* Giorgos Konstadinou
* Nikos Koundouros
* Manakis brothers
* Nico Mastorakis
* Laura Neri
* Dimitris Papamichael
* Nikos Papatakis
* Pavlos Tassios
* Vassilis Photopoulos
* Yannis Smaragdis
* George Tzavellas
* Agnès Varda
* Dimitris Voyatzis

### Poets

* Aris Alexandrou
* Manolis Anagnostakis
* Olga Broumas
* Demetrios Capetanakis
* Constantine P. Cavafy
* Athanasios Christopoulos
* Nikos Dimou
* Odysseas Elytis
* Andreas Embirikos
* Nikos Engonopoulos
* Costas Evangelatos
* Rigas Feraios
* Nikos Gatsos
* Demetris Th. Gotsis
* Sotiris Kakisis
* Ektor Kaknavatos
* Andreas Kalvos
* Iakovos Kambanelis
* Nikos Karouzos
* Kostas Karyotakis
* Nikos Kavvadias
* Nikos Kazantzakis
* Antigone Kefala
* Napoleon Lapathiotis
* Dimitris Lyacos
* Jean Moréas
* Kostis Palamas
* Alexandros Panagoulis
* Lefteris Papadopoulos
* George Pavlopoulos
* Maria Polydouri
* Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves
* Yiannis Ritsos
* Miltos Sachtouris
* Giorgos Seferis
* Angelos Sikelianos
* Takis Sinopoulos
* Giannis Skarimpas
* Dionysios Solomos
* Alexandros Soutsos
* Alexis Stamatis
* Theodore Stephanides
* Nanos Valaoritis
* Kostas Varnalis
* Vassilis Vassilikos
* Haris Vlavianos
* Yannis Yfantis

### Novelists

* Andreas Karkavitsas
* Georgios Balanos
* Penelope Delta
* Apostolos Doxiadis
* Vicky Hadjivassiliou
* Andreas Kalvos
* Christos Kapralos
* Nikos Kazantzakis
* Photios Kontoglou
* Adamantios Korais
* Ioannis Kottounios
* Yannis Makriyannis
* Menis Koumantareas
* Alexandros Papadiamantis
* Zacharias Papantoniou
* Pythagoras Papastamatiou
* Ioannis Psycharis
* Giannis Skarimpas
* Soti Triantafyllou
* Vassilis Vassilikos
* Demetrius Vikelas
* Alki Zei

### Dramatists and playwrights

* Angelos Terzakis
* Crates (comic poet)
* Apostolos Doxiadis
* Nikos Kazantzakis
* Dimitris Lyacos
* M. Karagatsis
* Nicos Nicolaides
* Dimitris Psathas
* Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves
* Giannis Skarimpas

### Musicians
#### Ancient period

* Alypius
* Terpander

#### Modern period

* Rita Abatzi
* Maurice Abravanel
* Art Alexakis
* Louis Demetrius Alvanis
* Costas Andreou
* Theodore Antoniou
* Grigoris Asikis
* Nikolas Asimos
* Gina Bachauer
* Arion
* Yiorgos Batis
* Grigoris Bithikotsis
* Miltiades Caridis
* Pavlos Carrer
* Petros Christo
* Nikos Christodoulou
* Jani Christou
* Christos Dantis
* Dionysios Demetis
* Odysseas Dimitriadis
* Marina Diamandis
* Dimitris Dragatakis
* Antiochos Evangelatos
* Sarah P.
* Kostas Exarhakis
* Yorgos Foudoulis
* Alexander Frey
* Gus G.
* Katy Garbi
* Michalis Genitsaris
* Christos Govetas
* Manos Hadjidakis
* Alkinoos Ioannidis
* Sotiris Kakisis
* George Kallis
* Manolis Kalomiris
* Iakovos Kambanelis
* Alex Kapranos
* Eleni Karaindrou
* Herbert von Karajan
* Nikos Karvelas
* Antonios Katinaris
* Bob Katsionis
* Leonidas Kavakos
* Stelios Kazantzidis
* Areti Ketime
* Panayiotis Kokoras
* Iakovos Kolanian
* Stavros Koujioumtzis
* Akis Katsoupakis
* Rena Kyriakou
* Andreas Lagios
* Alexandre Lagoya
* Tim Lambesis
* Leo Leandros
* Manos Loizos
* Andreas Makris
* Sokratis Malamas
* Ilan Manouach
* Nikolaos Mantzaros
* Giannis Markopoulos
* Kostas Martakis
* Alex Martinez
* Thanos Mikroutsikos
* Dimitris Mitropoulos
* Kostas Mountakis
* Georges Moustaki
* Orianthi Panagaris
* Tzimis Panousis
* Lefteris Papadimitriou
* Lefteris Papadopoulos
* Thanassis Papakonstantinou
* Elena Paparizou
* Apostolos Paraskevas
* Stelios Perpiniadis
* Phivos
* Sadahzinia
* Sakis Rouvas
* Spyros Samaras
* Dionysis Savvopoulos
* Kyriakos Sfetsas
* Dimitris Sgouros
* Pavlos Sidiropoulos
* Nikos Skalkottas
* Kostas Skarvelis
* Camille-Marie Stamaty
* Giorgos Theofanous
* Marios Tokas
* Sakis Tolis
* Michalis Travlos
* Tatiana Troyanos
* Iovan Tsaous
* Vassilis Tsitsanis
* Markos Vamvakaris
* Despina Vandi
* Vangelis
* Marios Varvoglis
* Anna Vissi
* Haris Xanthoudakis
* Stavros Xarhakos
* Iannis Xenakis
* Nikos Xilouris
* Nikos Xydakis
* Spyridon Xyndas
* Mirka Yemendzakis
* Yanni
* Savvas Ysatis

### Composers
## Contemporary Artists
### Visual Artists (mixed or new media, interdisciplinary, photography, film, performance, other)

* Loukia Alavanou
* Andreas Angelidakis
* Manolis Anastasakos
* Aggelos Antonopoulos
* Arelis
* Nikos Arvanitis
* Bill Balaskas
* Kostas Bassanos
* Pantelis Chandris
* Nikos Charalambidis
* Dionisis Christofilogiannis
* Anastasia Douka
* Dora Economou
* Eirene Efstathiou
* Stelios Faitakis
* Alexandros Georgiou
* Marina Gioti
* Maria Glyka
* Guerrilla Optimists
* Effie Halivopoulou
* Zoe Hatziyannaki
* Dionisis Kavallieratos
* Giorgos Kazazis
* Panos Kokkinias
* Georgia Kotretsos
* Marinos Koutsomichalis
* Maria Loizidou
* Andreas Lolis
* Dimitrios Skalkotos
* Panos Kokkinias
* Miltos Manetas
* Lena Mitsolidou
* Nina Papaconstantinou
* Agelos Papadimitriou
* Maria Papadimitriou
* Nikos Papadimitriou
* Ilias Papailiakis
* Nina Pappa
* Antonis Pittas
* Poka-Yo
* Afroditi Psarra
* Madalina Psoma
* Thalia Raftopoulou
* Georgia Sagri
* Kostis Stafylakis
* Eva Stefani
* Stefania Strouza
* Penelope Schizodimou
* Lina Theodorou
* Panos Tsagaris
* Giorgos Tserionis
* Kostas Tsolis
* Maria Varela
* George-Maran Varthalitis
* Alexandros Vasmoulakis
* Kostis Velonis
* Vangelis Vlahos
* Vassilis Vlastaras
* Zafos Xagoraris
* Myrto Xanthopoulou
* Yorgos Zois

## Art Historians

* Manolis Hatzidakis

## Art Curators

* Dimitios Spyrou
* Evita Tsokanta
* Elpida Karaba
* Iliana Fokianaki
* Maya Tounta
* Kika Kyriakakou
* Ioanna Gerakidi

## Art Magazines | Journals | websites

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