Pyrhos
Pyrhos ( Greek Πυρος , probably for Pyrrhos Πύρρος ), son of Agasileos, was a Greek potter in the 1st half of the 7th century BC. Chr.
He is only known by his signature ( ΠΥΡΟΣΜΕΠΟΙΕΣΕΝΑΓΑΣΙΛΕFΟ, "Pyrhos, son of Agasileos, made me") on a Spitz aryballos unknown site today in Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 98,900. The piece is a copy of a Proto-Corinthian aryballos, probably made in a western colony of Euboia .
literature
- Rudolf Wachter : Non-attic Greek vase inscriptions . Oxford 2001, pp. 171-172
- Rainer Vollkommer : Pyrhos. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 331.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pyrhos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pyrrhus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek potter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century BC BC or 7th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr. |