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Apollodoros

501 BC – 401 BC

Ancient Attic-Greek vase-painter of red-figure style

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About Apollodoros

Lived 501 BC – 401 BC (aged 99–100). Apollodoros was a Greek attic vase-painter and red-figure vase painter.

Youth at an altar, ca. 500–490 B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art 18.145.28 Apollodoros was an ancient Athenian red-figure vase painter who was active in around 500 BCE. His name is found on two cups and many more are attributed to him.

"In the early 1900s scholars distinguished four stylistically distinct but closely related groups of vases, assigning them the names Apollodoros, the Epidromos Painter, the Kleomelos Painter, and the Elpinikos Painter." It was not certain whether the four names represented separate individuals or were stages in the career of one man.

"The cup depicting the Theban Sphinx in the Getty Museum now provides evidence that one individual made all these vases. This cup combines a kalos inscription praising the beautiful youth Kleomelos—which had been the defining feature of the "Kleomelos Painter"—with stylistic features found on the signed cups of Apollodoros, such as mannered proportions and pose, extremely slender elongated fingers, and small, deep-set eyes."

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Important facts

Born
501 BC
Birth century
Died
401 BC
Occupation
Attic vase-painter, red-figure vase painter
Nationality

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Apollodoros's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Apollodoros?

ancient Attic-Greek vase-painter of red-figure style

When was Apollodoros born?

Apollodoros was born in 501 BC.

When did Apollodoros die?

Apollodoros died in 401 BC.

What was Apollodoros's occupation?

Apollodoros was an attic vase-painter and red-figure vase painter.

What nationality was Apollodoros?

Apollodoros was Greek.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Apollodoros

· Wikidata: Q4780367

· DBpedia: Apollodoros (vase painter)

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