Working in one of the Greek colonies in Apulia in South Italy, the Painter of the Fleischman Phlyax Cup decorated vases in the red-figure technique in the period from about 360 to 350 B.C. As with most ancient artists, his real name is unknown, and he is identified only by the stylistic traits of his work, especially the distinctive way in which he drew the garments and the women's diadems and the