Oltos
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Oltos was a Late Archaic Greek vase painter, active in Athens from 525 BC to 500 BC. About 150 works by him are known. Two pieces, a cup in Berlin and a cup in Tarquinia, are signed by him as painter.
Athena and Enceladus in combat, red-figure plate, Louvre CA 3662.
Dionysos, interior image from a bilingual cup (A), Munich, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 2593).
Eurystheus hiding in a jar as Herakles brings him the Erymanthian boar. Side A from a red-figure kylix by Oltos, ca. 510 BC, Paris, Louvre (G17).
Stamnos
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A stamnos is a type of ancient Greek vase used to serve and store liquids. Stamnoi have a wide mouth, a foot, and two handles, and were usually made with a lid. The earliest known examples come from a
Oltos
…time, he worked with several different potters. We know of at least six: Hischylos, most importantly Pamphaios, with whom he created the earliest known stamnos, Tleson, Chelis, and finally Kachrylion, for whom he worked together with Euphronios, as well as Euxitheos. An innovation introduced by Oltos is found…
Attic red-figure stamnos, c. 480 BCE; Louvre
Bronze Etruscan stamnos from Populonia, 5th century BCE
Red-figure stamnos with Dionysos and his followers, 440s BCE
Etruscan stamnos, showing the sea-monster Scylla