What is "pamphilus"

Pamphilus may refer to:

• Pamphilus of Amphipolis, painter of 4th century BC, head of Sicyonian School
• Pamphilus of Alexandria, grammarian in the 1st century
• Saint Pamphilus of Caesarea (late 3rd century - 309), scholarly creator of the library at Caesarea
• Pamphilus the Theologian, sixth-century writer
• Saint Pamphilus of Sulmona (d. c. 700), bishop of Sulmona

Pamphilus of Amphipolis ( Ancient Greek: , 4th century BC) was a Macedonian distinguished painter and head of Sicyonian school. He was the disciple of Eupompus, the founder of the Sicyonian school of painting, for the establishment of which, however, Pamphilus seems to have done much more than even Eupompus himself. Of his own works we have mostly scanty accounts; but as a teacher of his art he was surpassed by none of the ancient masters. Among those who paid price for his tuition were Melanthius, Pausias and Apelles the famous painter of Alexander the Great.