1000–300 BCE

3rd century, male.

Active during the first half of the 3rd century BC.

Sculptor.

Ancient Greek.

Praxiteles worked for Theophrastus in about 287 BC.

5th century, male.

Medallist.

Ancient Greek.

Procles has been attributed with some silver drachmas depicting characters from Greek mythology. He worked in the latter half of the 5th century BC in Catania and Naxos.

4th century, male.

Active in Rhodes 330 to 300 BC.

Born in Caria (Caunus or Camirus).

Painter.

Ancient Greek.

Protogenes, who started life as a ship painter, was held in the highest esteem by Apelles. His early career was one of extreme poverty and it was thanks to Apelles that the indifferent people of Rhodes were alerted to the presence of the master in their midst....

3rd – 2nd century, male.

Sculptor.

Ancient Greek.

Protus made a statue of a priest for the acropolis at Lindus.

6th century, male.

Vase painter.

Ancient Greek.

Psiax was active in the last quarter of the 6th century BC.

Karlsruhe

Madrid (Mus. Arqueológico Nacional): Artemis, Satyr and Dionysus (belly amphora, Vulci)

Munich (Antikensammlungen): Dionysus at Feast (belly amphora, Vulci)

New York (Metropolitan Mus. of Art): ...

6th century, male.

Painter, potter.

Ancient Greek.

Psoieas is believed to have been a vase painter.

London (British Mus.): vase, signed

5th century, male.

Sculptor.

Ancient Greek.

Ptolichus, the son and pupil of Synnoon, made statues of the winning athletes in Olympia between 492 and 476.

5th century, male.

Born 400 BC, in Corcyra (Corfu).

Sculptor.

Ancient Greek.

Ptolichus belonged to the School of Critias.

4th century, male.

Active soon after the reign of Alexander the Great.

Painter. Genre scenes.

Ancient Greek.

4th century, male.

Active during the second half of the 4th century BC.

Cameo engraver.

Ancient Greek.

Pyrgoteles was the only carver allowed to make cameos bearing the portrait of Alexander the Great.

5th century, male.

Active in Athens during the second half of the 5th century BC.

Sculptor.

Ancient Greek.

Pyrrhus is credited with a statue of Athena Hygieia on the Acropolis in Athens.

6th century, male.

Born c. 510 BC, in Samos.

Sculptor.

Ancient Greek.

Pythagoras worked at Rhegium between 480 and 448 BC. He made sculptures of the victors at the Olympic Games, heroes, singers and charioteers. For this reason, the famous bronze Charioteer of Delphi, a masterpiece of balance, gravity and intense though only hinted-at life, has often been attributed to his workshop. In fact, it seems more likely that this sculpture was the work of Attic artists....

3rd – 2nd century, male.

Active at the end of the 3rd century and the beginning of the 2nd century BC.

Born in Rhodes.

Sculptor.

Ancient Greek.

Pythecritus belongs to the Rhodes School in the Hellenistic Period, from which flows his preoccupation with expressing movement in his art through the complex treatment of the draperies. The famous ...

4th century, male.

Perhaps born on Paros.

Sculptor.

Ancient Greek.

Pythius worked with Scopas on the low reliefs on the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

4th century, male.

Engraver.

Ancient Greek.

Pythodorus' signature has been found on several drachmas and didrachmas. He was active in Crete in the mid-4th century BC and also engraved medals.

4th century, male.

Active in central Italy during the second half of the 4th century BC.

Painter.

Ancient Greek.

Python is credited with a krater in London.

London (British Mus.): Orestes at Delphi and Dionysus, Satyr and Maenad (bell krater)

7th century, male.

Born in Samos.

Sculptor, architect.

Ancient Greek.

Rhoecus, with his son Theodorus, built and decorated several temples, including that dedicated to Hera in Samos and the first temple of Artemis in Ephesus. With his son and Smilis of Aegina he directed work on the Labyrinth at Lemnos. He is said to have invented bronze casting for statues....

6th century, male.

Active in the middle of the 6th century BC.

Vase painter.

Ancient Greek.

Saconides decorated vases with female heads and mythological subjects.

Berlin: vase signed by Saconides

Cambridge: vase signed by Saconides

Munich: vase signed by Saconides

Taranto: Vase signed by Saconides...

3rd century, male.

Activec.250 BC.

Sculptor.

Ancient Greek.

Sarpedon sculpted a Statue of Dionysus at Delos.

3rd century, male.

Cameo engraver.

Ancient Greek.

Satyrius engraved the portrait of Arsinoe, the queen of Egypt, on crystal.