Working in Athens in the period from 510 to 500 B.C., the Nikosthenes Painter decorated vases in the red-figure technique. Primarily a cup painter, he was not an especially good artist. Much of his work is hasty and sloppy, but occasionally he seemed to rise above his usual standard. While he favored scenes of athletes, warriors and Dionysiac revels, he also painted some mythological scenes. As wi
