RELATED TO THE EPELEIOS PAINTER, CIRCA 510 B.C.

The Epeleios Painter belongs to Beazley's "Coarser Wing" of red-figure cup painters working under the influence of Oltos. The tondo of the present cup, featuring a youthful warrior running to the left with two dolphins as the shield blazon, is emblematic of his oeuvre. As P. Connor and H. Jackson observe (pp. 128-129 in A Catalogue of Greek Vases in the Collection of the University of Melbourne) the Epeleios Painter had a limited repertoire of komasts, athletes and warriors and favored simple forms but imbued his figures with wide gestures and energetic movements.