Hypereides (Ύπερείδες), son of Androgenes was an
Attic
An attic (sometimes referred to as a '' loft'') is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building; an attic may also be called a ''sky parlor'' or a garret. Because attics fill the space between the ceiling of the ...
potter, active in
Athens around 560 BC.
He is known from his signature on two of the earliest
Panathenaic prize amphorae, both found at
Athens:
Kerameikos PA 443 and
Agora
The agora (; grc, ἀγορά, romanized: ', meaning "market" in Modern Greek) was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states. It is the best representation of a city-state's response to accommodate the social and political order of t ...
P 1020
Bibliography
* Martin Bentz: ''Panathenäische Preisamphoren. Eine athenische Vasengattung und ihre Funktion vom 6. - 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr.'', Basel 1998, , p. 123 Nr. 6.004-6.005.
* Künstlerlexikon der Antike Vol. 1, 2001, p. 331-332 s.v. Hypereides (Rainer Vollkommer)
Ancient Greek potters
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