One of them, Leagros, is singled out here – as he is on many other vases – with the designation kalos (handsome). Each of the ephebes is named by a painted label. The two sides depict six young Athenian ephebes before and after a round of athletic training, attended by their servant boys and a supervisor. The Berlin vessel, a kalyx krater for mixing wine and water, names neither painter nor potter but the large figural scenes between widely-set handles can be convincingly connected to works signed by Euphronios. His painting certainly matches that of Euthymides in terms of inventiveness and the fine figural rendering. ![]() With this phrase he recorded his rivalry with an apparently younger competitor, one who (if we correctly read the evidence) first painted and later potted his own vessels – thus developing an enviable career from worker to workshop owner. ![]() Shortly before 500 BC, the Athenian vase painter Euthymides wrote on one luxury vessel that he had painted it “as Euphronios never” could have done.
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