Koroibos (potters)
Koroibos ( Greek Κόροιβος , Latinized Coroebus ) from Athens is the name of a mythical Greek potter .
According to the idea handed down by Pliny the Elder, the inventor of the art of pottery was for the ancient Greeks a mythical person by the name of Koroibos. Even in retrospect, there are no approximate dates of life available, the only known thing is the location in mythical prehistoric times.
literature
- Samson Eitrem : Koroibos 5. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 2, Stuttgart 1922, column 1421.
- Doris Vollkommer-Glökler: Koroibos (I). In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 424.
Single receipts
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 7,198.