Hermocrates (potter)
Hermocrates ( Greek Ἑρμοκράτης ) was an Attic potter towards the end of the 6th century BC. Chr.
Hermocrates is only known from a signature on the fragment of a red-figure decorated bowl . The fragment was found on the Athens Acropolis and shows a boy blowing a double aleus. Today the fragment is in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens .
literature
- Rainer Vollkommer : Hermokrates. In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 311.
Remarks
- ↑ Inventory number Akr 5
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hermocrates |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 'Ερμοκράτης (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Attic potter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC Chr. |