Ancient World

Brygos

Brygos was a potter who is conventionally placed among the major Attic potters active around 490–470 BC, based on the dating of workshop vases and the stylistic chronology of red-figure pottery. The majority of surviving vessels associated with Brygos are kylikes, many of which depict scenes related to wine drinking or symposia. This suggests that Brygos’ workshop may have specialized especially in the production of symposium cups. Fourteen surviving drinking cups carry the inscription "Brygos made me" (ΒΡΥΓΟΣ ἘΠΟΙΕΣΕΝ), which indicates that his workshop mainly produced cups rather than other vessel types. Several vase painters worked for him, including the well known Brygos Painter, and the workshop played an important part in early Classical Athenian pottery.

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• ▸Ancient Aleppo
• ▸HMAS Duchess
• ▸Cwmystwyth Mines

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