Hermogenes (potter)

Hermogenic ribbon bowl, around 450 BC BC National Archaeological Museum of Florence

Hermogenes was an Attic potter. He was in the middle of the 6th century BC. Active in Athens and is one of the minor masters .

Hermogenes mainly made bowls ( kylikes ). For example, the ribbon bowls of Hermogenes are known, which show women's head decorations on the ribbon. The Hermogenic Skyphoi were named after him, skyphoi , which were decorated similarly to ribbon bowls. Hermogenes was an experimental potter. For example, edge bowls with the feet of Siana bowls are known from him as well as from the potter Amasis .

literature

John D. Beazley : Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters , Oxford 1956, p.
John Boardman : Black-Figure Vases from Athens. A handbook (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 1). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-8053-0233-9 , pp. 66-70.

personal data
SURNAME	Hermogenes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Attic potter
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC Chr.