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Sophilus
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(Σώφιλος; Sṓphilos).

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[1] Early Attic BF vase painter, c. 600-570 BC

Early Attic black-figured vase painter, c. 600-570 BC, the earliest whose name is known (3 painter signatures verified). S. is one of the representatives of the animal frieze style, as is the Gorgo Painter, to whom he is very close. His significance, however, is founded on a mythological frieze with which S. introduces new possibilities to Attic vase painting. In this he al…

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Mommsen, Heide (Stuttgart) and Hidber, Thomas (Berne), “Sophilus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1117070>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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