Epictetus

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“Barbarian Archer in Scythian Costume,” Athenian plate by Epictetus, late 6th century bc; in the British Museum

Attic red-figure kylix by Epictetus showing Heracles slaying Busiris, c. 520 bc; in the British Museum, London.

Wrestlers on an ancient Greek cup

Auloi player with phorbeia and dancer with krotala, detail from a kylix found at Vulci, Italy, signed by Epictetus, c. 520–510 bc; in the British Museum, London.

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Epictetus: Facts & Related Content

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Flourished	c.520 BCE - 480 BCE?

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“Barbarian Archer in Scythian Costume,” Athenian plate by Epictetus, late 6th century bc; in the British Museum

Attic red-figure kylix by Epictetus showing Heracles slaying Busiris, c. 520 bc; in the British Museum, London.

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Auloi player with phorbeia and dancer with krotala, detail from a kylix found at Vulci, Italy, signed by Epictetus, c. 520–510 bc; in the British Museum, London.

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“Dionysus Crossing the Sea,” interior of a kylix (shallow drinking cup) by Exekias, c. 535 bc; in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich

Exekias

Greek artist

Euphronios

Greek artist

Achilles Painter

Greek painter

Athenian red-figure cup, detail of a bearded reveler by the Brygos Painter, c. 490 bc; in the Louvre, Paris.

Brygos Painter

Greek artist

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Spanish artist

François Boucher: Cupid a Captive

François Boucher

French artist

Raoul Dufy

French painter

Sonia Delaunay

Russian artist

Japanese side dish

Ogata Kenzan

Japanese artist

Zeuxis

Greek artist

Hermes striding past the satyr Orcimachos, the Berlin amphora by the Berlin Painter, c. 490 bc; in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany.

Berlin Painter

Greek artist

Apelles

Greek painter

Polygnotus: Nekyia

Polygnotus

Greek artist

Theseus killing the Minotaur

Kleophrades Painter

Greek artist

Micon

Greek artist

Mask of Medusa, top view of stand made by Ergotimos and painted by Kleitias, c. 560 bc; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

Kleitias

Greek artist

Protogenes

Greek artist

Nicias

Greek artist

Euthymides: Hector donning his breastplate

Euthymides

Athenian vase painter

Greek psykter depicting reveling satyrs

Douris

Greek artist

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