Pausias

Pausias , fl. 1st half of 4th cent. BC, Greek painter. He was celebrated for his decorative paintings, particularly in encaustic , a method which he is said to have invented. His most famous single work, A Sacrifice, containing an admirably foreshortened and modeled figure of a bull, was preserved until late Roman times in the portico of Pompey's temple in Rome.

Pausias of Sicyon. Greek painter of the mid-4th century bc. He was renowned for his small pictures of boys and of flowers, and he was said to be the first painter who fully mastered the encaustic technique. According to Pliny he was also the first to paint ceiling coffers, but this is considered unlikely.