Sikanos (potter)

Sikanos ( Greek Σικανός ) was an ancient Greek potter from Athens , whose work dates back to around 500 BC. Is dated.

Sikanos is known today only from a signature ( ΣΙΚΑΝΟΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΣΕΝ = “Sikanos made it”) on a red-figure plate found in Vulci . The plate was in the collection of the Prince of Canino , who carried out excavations in the Vulci area with a large staff at the beginning of the 19th century, and is now considered lost. The picture showing Artemis was assigned by John D. Beazley to the circle of the vase painter Oltos . Due to comparisons, he was assigned a few more pieces, but this assignment is now highly controversial. It is unclear whether Sikanos was also a painter of the piece in addition to potter, so no other pieces can be assigned to him so far. The presumed nickname Sikanos alludes to an origin of the man from Sicily (see Sikaner ). It is unclear whether he was a metropolis or a slave; However, it is assumed that he was not a Greek, but came from the native population of Sicily.

literature

Thomas Mannack : Sikanos. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 820.

Remarks

↑ cf. also Paolo Poccetti: Language Relations in Sicily. Evidence for the speech of the Σικανοί, the Σικελοί and others. In: Olga Tribulato (Ed.): Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily. Cambridge University Press, p. 53.

personal data
SURNAME	Sikanos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Σικανός (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient greek potter
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	5th century BC Chr.

[1] . also Paolo Poccetti: Language Relations in Sicily. Evidence for the speech of the Σικανοί, the Σικελοί and others. In: Olga Tribulato (Ed.): Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily. Cambridge University Press, p. 53.