Proclus (mosaicist)

Proclus or Proklos (Greek: Πρόκλος) is the name of one of the eminent artists in mosaic who flourished in the Augustan Age.

[1] His name occurs on two inscriptions found at Perinthus.

[2] The second inscription is the epitaph of a mosaic artist, who is said in it to have left a son, his associate and equal in the art; from which it would seem probable that both father and son were named Proclus.

The second inscription, as restored, runs thus: πάσαις ἐν πολίεσσι τέχνην ἤσκησα πρὸ πάντων ψηφοδέτας, δώροις Παλλάδος εὑράμενος, υἷα λιπὼν βουλῆς σύνεδρον Πρόκλον ἰσότεχνὸν μοι ὀγδωκοντούτης τοῦδε τάφοιο λαχών.

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.