The Briseis Painter decorated painted pottery using the red-figure technique in Athens during the period of about 490 to 470 B.C. As with most Greek vase-painters, his real name is unknown, and he is identified only by the stylistic traits of his work. The Briseis Painter takes his name from a vase now in London that depicts a moment from the legend of the Trojan War: Agamemnon taking the slave gi
