Hellenistic Wall Painting From Knidos

What we know about Hellenistic period painting art is restricted with the ancient sources except a few example. Wall paintings that were uncovered in recent years, contributed information about this field. Among these examples, they are tomb paintings in Macedonia, Delos Island, Cyprus Paphos painted rock tomb, Pergamon, Miletos, Erythrai, Pirene and Knidos wall paintings. In the southeast of Anatolia a Hellenistic house found in Knidos ancient city, located in Dat？a district of Mu？la consisting of fresco art pieces gives important information about Hellenistic period Anatolian fresco art. Those preserved nearly 3 m long fresco art samples were like Pompeii 1 style both plastic and painting masonry. Different from Pompeii this masonry has three-dimensional painted bordures and figures decorated frieze. This frieze demonstrates Achilleus being educated by Kherion. Based on similar examples it can be said that these paintings date back to the second century’s second half