Thericles (potter)
Thericles ( Greek Θηρικλῆς ) was a Greek potter from Corinth who lived around 400 BC. Was active in Athens .
Therikles is only documented in literature, works created by him have not survived. It is treated most extensively in Athenaios , according to which Thericles is said to have been a contemporary of Aristophanes (approx. 455–385 BC). He is said to have created shiny black kylikes with short handles and deep bellies, which were adorned with ivy tendrils at the top. The shape of the vessel was imitated by other artists in various materials such as wood, brass, silver, gold or glass, and centuries later it was named Therikleia after him .
literature
- Louis Claude Purser: Calix . In: William Smith (Ed.): A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities . ( Online in the Perseus Project )
- Rainer Vollkommer : Therikles . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , pp. 897-898.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Athenaios Deipnisophistai 11, 470e-472e.
- ^ Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum 139, 8, 9.
- ↑ Athenaios Deipnisophistai 11, 469b.
- ↑ Flavius Josephus Jewish Antiquities 11, 1.
- ↑ Athenaios Deipnisophistai 11, 199b.
- ↑ Photios sv θηρίκλειον
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thericles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek potter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th century BC Chr. |