Diosphos Painter
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The Diosphos Painter was an Athenian attic black-figure vase painter, many of whose surviving works are on lekythoi
. He was first identified by C.H.E. Haspels in her Attic Black-figure Lekythoi (Paris, 1936). The Diosphos Painter was a pupil of the Edinburgh Painter
, who also trained the Sappho Painter. He is thought to have been active from 500-475 BCE.
Lekythos
A lekythos is a type of Greek pottery used for storing oil , especially olive oil. It has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel. The lekythos was used for anointing dead bodies of unmarried men and many lekythoi are found in tombs. The images on lekythoi were often...
. He was first identified by C.H.E. Haspels in her Attic Black-figure Lekythoi (Paris, 1936). The Diosphos Painter was a pupil of the Edinburgh Painter
Edinburgh Painter
The Edinburgh Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active around 500 BC. His speciality was white-ground lekythoi painted in the black-figure techniques....
, who also trained the Sappho Painter. He is thought to have been active from 500-475 BCE.