Xenophantus

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Xenophantos ( Greek  Χενόφαντος ) was a in the early 4th century BC. Active Greek potter. He signed two bellylekyths with superimposed reliefs and red-figure paintings showing depictions of hunting Persians. Both vases are now in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. Based on the signatures and the place where Pantikapaion was found in the Crimea , it is assumed that Xenophantos, who, according to the signature, originally came from Athens , did not make the two Lekythas there, but may have worked in Pantikapaion himself. The paintings are attributed to a Xenophantos painter named after him, but who is probably identical with the potter.

literature

  • Walter Hatto Gross : Xenophantos. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, column 1421.
  • Margaret C. Miller: Art, Myth, and Reality: Xenophantos' Lekythos Re-Examined . In: E. Csapo / Margaret C. Miller (eds.): Poetry, Theory, Praxis: The Social Life of Art and Myth in Ancient Greece, Oxford 2003, pp. 19–47.
  • Michalis A. Tiverios: Xenophantos (I) . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , pp. 522-523.
personal data
SURNAME Xenophantus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Χενόφαντος (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek potter
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 4th century BC Chr.