Aglaophon (
Gr. ) was an
ancient Greek painter, born on the island of
Thasos. He was the father and instructor of
Polygnotus. He had another son named
Aristophon. As Polygnotus flourished before the 90th
Olympiad, Aglaophon probably lived around the 70th
Olympiad, that is, around the late 6th or early 5th century BC.
Quintilian praises his paintings, which were distinguished by the simplicity of their coloring, as worthy of admiration on other grounds besides their antiquity.