Hermogenes 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. It is also known as a ''sky parlor'' or a garret. Because they fill the space between the ceiling of a building's t ...

potter. He was active in

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in the mid-6th century BC and belongs to the group known as the

Little masters The Little Masters ("Kleinmeister" in German language, German), were a group of German printmakers who worked in the first half of the 16th century, primarily in engraving. They specialized in very small finely detailed old master print, prints, s ...

. Hermogenes mainly produced cups ('' kylikes''). Well-known are his band cups with depictions of women's heads on the band. The band skyphos, a specific type of ''

skyphos A skyphos (; : skyphoi) is a two-handled deep wine-cup on a low flanged base or none. The handles may be horizontal ear-shaped thumbholds that project from the rim (in both Corinthian and Athenian shapes), or they may be loop handles at the rim ...

'' with decoration resembling that of band cups is named after him. Hermogenes was an innovative potter. For example, similar to the potter Amasis, he made

lip cup Lip cups are a type of ancient Greek Attica, Attic Little-Master cup, Little-master cups. Lip cups were produced from the middle of the sixth century BC in Athens. They resemble Gordion cup, Gordion cups, but their lips or rims were more clearly d ...

s with feet derived from those of

Siana cup A Siana cup is a type of Attic cup decorated in the black-figure technique. They are named after one of their find locations, the Necropolis of the ancient city of Siana on Rhodes. During the second quarter of the 6th century BC, Siana cups were ...

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John Beazley Sir John Davidson Beazley (; 13 September 1885 – 6 May 1970) was a British classical archaeologist and art historian, known for his classification of Attic vases by artistic style. He was professor of classical archaeology and art at the U ...

: ''Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters'', Oxford 1956, p. * John Boardman: ''Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Ein Handbuch'', Mainz 1977, , p. 66-70 Ancient Greek vase painters Ancient Greek potters {{AncientGreece-bio-stub