Polypous

Polypous was mistakenly used by John D. Beazley for the name of a Greek potter in the 2nd half of the 6th century BC. Held in Athens .

John D. Beazley added on the fragment of a rim bowl from Naukratis in Oxford, Ashmolean Museum Inv. G 1000 the inscription ΛΥΠΟΣ zu [ΠΟ] ΛΥΠΟΣ. He saw either a signature or a favorite inscription in it . According to Peter Heesen, however, the affixing to the edge of the bowl speaks against both a signature and a favorite inscription, as these can usually be found in the handle zone. The inscription rather refers to the quadruped depicted right next to it.

literature

John D. Beazley: Attic Black-figure Vase-painters. Oxford 1956, p. 170.
Peter Heesen: Polypous. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 297.

personal data
SURNAME	Polypous
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek potter
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.