Naucratis Painter

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Sphinx. Tondo from a Laconian black-figure cup by the Naucratis Painter, ca. 570 BC, Louvre Cup Sphinx Louvre E664.jpg
Sphinx. Tondo from a Laconian black-figure cup by the Naucratis Painter, ca. 570 BC, Louvre

The Naucratis Painter was a Laconian vase painter of the mid-sixth century BC. Naucratis was a Greek trading post ( emporion ) in Egypt. Two fragments of a kylix found in the Demeter Sanctuary, Cyrene, show that the Naucratis Painter was literate, and the form of a three-stroke iota suggests, moreover, that he was a foreigner in Laconia. [1]

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  1. Gerald P. Schaus, 'A Foreign Vase Painter in Sparta" American Journal of Archaeology83.1 (January 1979), pp. 102-106.

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