Tityos Painter (also Titios Painter) is the name given by modern scholarship to an

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vase painter of the

black-figure style Black-figure pottery painting, also known as the black-figure style or black-figure ceramic ( grc, , }), is one of the styles of Ancient Greek vase painting, painting on pottery of ancient Greece, antique Greek vases. It was especially common bet ...

. His real name is not known. His activity is dated to the third quarter of the sixth century BC. About 40 works by the Tityos Painter are known, including amphorae, jugs, '' kyathoi'', cups and plates. His name is derived from his

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, depicting

Apollo Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label= Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label ...

and

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killing

Tityos Tityos or Tityus (Ancient Greek: Τιτυός) was a giant from Greek mythology. Family Tityos was the son of Elara; his father was Zeus. He had a daughter named Europa who coupled with Poseidon and gave birth to Euphemus, one of the Argona ...

. Many of his vases bear only animal friezes, but he also had a special interest in

Herakles Heracles ( ; grc-gre, Ἡρακλῆς, , glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (, ''Alkaios'') or Alcides (, ''Alkeidēs''), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.By his adoptive ...

and his deeds. Most of his vase paintings make copious use of added colour. His figures are usually depicted in dynamic poses. Besides the Paris Painter, who exerted a strong influence on him, the Tityos Painter is considered the most important representative of the Pontic Group of vase painters.

Bibliography

* Lise Hannestad: ''The Followers of the Paris Painter'', Munksgaard, Copenhagen 1976 * Matthias Steinhart: ''Tityos painter'', The New Pauly. Volume 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, , p. 635.

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