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.
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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. |