Euthymides

A hoplite puts on his shell, side A of a red-figure belly amphora , 510 - 500 BC. Chr. , State Collections of Antiquities (Inv. 2308)

Euthymides ( ancient Greek Εὐθυμίδης ) was a Greek vase painter and potter who lived from the end of the 6th century BC. . BC to the beginning of the 5th century BC. Chr. In Athens worked.

Euthymides was one of the most important vase painters of the early red-figure style. He competed strongly with the painter Euphronios and even added the following signature to one of his pictures: "Euthymides, son of Polias, drew it like never Euphronios".

Famous works:

Belly amphora, two young women pursue a young man who kidnaps his girlfriend (Munich, Antikensammlung)
Belly amphora, dancing reveler (Munich, Antikensammlung)

literature

John D. Beazley : Attic Red-figure Vase-painters . 2nd ed. Oxford 1963,
Max Wegner: Euthymides and Euphronios. Aschendorff, Münster 1979. ISBN 3-402-05408-6 .
Eberhard Reschke: The wrestlers of Euthymides. Steiner, Stuttgart 1990. ISBN 3-515-05371-9 .

Web links

Commons : Euthymides - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Euthymides in the catalog of the German National Library
Jennifer Neils: Phintias and Euthymides

personal data
SURNAME	Euthymides
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek vase painter
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	5th century BC Chr.