Theon of Samos (Ancient Greek: Θέων ὁ Σάμιος) was an ancient Greek painter during the mature of Alexander the Great, is mentioned by Quintilian as a good artist of the second rank. If we may trust the somewhat flimsy stories told nearly him, his forte consisted in a lifelike, or perhaps, as Brunn puts it, a theatrical representation of action. His figures were said to Begin out of the picture. He chose such congenial subjects as the madness of Orestes, and a soldier hurrying to battle. Another painter, Theorus, is mentioned, whom Brunn regards as identical behind Theon.
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