ATTRIBUTED TO EPIKETOS, CIRCA 520-500 B.C.

The vase painter Epiktetos was active in Athens during the last two decades of the 6th century and the first decade of the 5th century B.C. Beazley thought him a pupil of the Andokides Painter and the Pioneers. He specialized in small vases, including plates, and especially cups, with many only decorated, as here, on the interior. Over a hundred have been attributed to his hand, and nearly half are signed. He worked for several potters, including Hischylos and the Nikosthenes-Pamphaios workshop. Of his work, Beazley (Attic Red-Figured Vases in American Museums, p. 18) proclaimed "You cannot draw better, you can only draw differently."