11 Facts About Lydos

Lydos was an Attic vase painter in the black-figure style.

The style of Lydos strongly resembles that of older artists, such as the painters of Siana cups, of which he himself painted many.

Lydos was the last Attic painter to decorate large vases entirely with polychrome animal friezes in the Corinthian style.

Lydos's figures exude a dignity nearly akin to those by Exekias.

The Lydos Group did not only paint large vases, but known for miniature work.

Lydos painted vases by a variety of potters, including Nikosthenes, Kolchos, Epitimos and Amasis.

Lydos frequently painted mythological scenes and newly introduced several specific motifs of that genre to Attic vase painting.

Lydos often painted so-called "penguin women", wearing a cloak held together by the chest, probably by a kind of sash, and terminating in a tail-like feature at the back.

Lydos's palmettes, placed on neck and handles of the vessel are stylistically transitional: they can be seen as a late form of the earlier black-figure style, but as the beginning of the decorative styles that were to flourish in red-figure vase painting.

Works ascribed to Lydos can be found on all types of vase shape then produced in the Athenian potters' quarter, including a series of grave pinakes.

Lydos painted a wasp as a shield emblazonment and dangerous-looking knives in the procession scene.