The Dokimasia Painter (active between 480 and 460 BC at
Athens
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) was a
Greek
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Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
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**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
vase
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-painter of the
Attic red-figure style. His actual name is unknown and his conventional name is derived from his name-vase, showing the inspection of
horses at the
Dokimasia In Ancient Greece, dokimasia (Greek: δοκιμασία) was the name used at Athens to denote the process of ascertaining the capacity of the citizens for the exercise of public rights and duties.
If, for instance, a young citizen was to be admitt ...
festival, now in
Berlin
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.
References
External links
The Fitzwilliam Museum - A new cup by the Dokimasia Painter
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Ancient Greek vase painters