Nikias II (potter)
Nikias ( Greek Νικίας ), son of Hermocles, was an Attic potter, active around 420–400 BC. In Athens .
It is only recognized by its signature on the foot of a red-figure bell crater in London, British Museum Inv. 1898.7-16.6 known. In addition to the name of his otherwise unknown father, he also mentions his Deme Anaphlystos. The Nikias painter is named after him.
literature
- John D. Beazley : Attic Red-figure Vase-Painters . Clarendon, Oxford 1984, ISBN 0-87817-289-0 (reprint of the Oxford 1963 edition), p. 1333 No. 1.
- Thomas Mannack: Nikias (III) . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , pp. 137-138.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nicias II |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nicias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Attic potter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |