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Pheidippos

Also known as: Pheidippos; primary name: Pheidippos
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Greek; Male
Other dates: 525 BC-510 BC (fl.)
Biography: Athenian red-figure vase-painter who signed a cup in the British Museum 'Pheidippos egrapse' ('painted it'), which was also signed 'Hischylos epoiesen' ('made it'). He appears to have been a companion of the young Epiktetos (q.v.) and seems to have worked exclusively with the potter Hischylos (q.v.). He specialised in decorating cups, usually partly in red-figure and partly in black-figure. Several cups have been attributed to his hand on the basis of style.
Bibliography: Beazley ARV² 164-166 Boardman ARFH1 59