Timarete (or
Thamyris,
Tamaris; 5th century BC), was an ancient
Greek painter. She was the daughter of the painter
Micon the Younger of
Athens. According to
Pliny the Elder, she
"scorned the duties of women and practised her father's art." At the time of
Archelaus I of Macedon she was best known for a panel painting of the goddess of
Diana that was kept at
Ephesus. Ephesus had a particular reverence for the goddess Diana. While it is no longer extant, it was kept at Ephesus for many years.