Asteas was one of the more active ancient Greek

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...

 vase painters in Southern Italy, practicing the red figure style. He managed a large workshop, in which above all hydria

Hydria

A hydria is a type of Greek pottery used for carrying water. The hydria has three handles. Two horizontal handles on either side of the body of the pot were used for lifting and carrying the pot. The third handle, a vertical one, located in the center of the other two handles, was used when...

i and krater

Krater

A krater was a large vase used to mix wine and water in Ancient Greece.-Form and function:...

s were painted. He painted mostly mythological and theatrical scenes. He is one of the few vase painters of the Greek colonies whose name comes down to us.

Selected works

• Berlin, Antikensammlung

Calyx krater F 3044 http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0043&query=Berlin%20F%203044

• Kassel, Staatliche Museen

Skyphos

• Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum

Calyx krater 81.AE.78 (2006 als Fund aus einer Raubgrabung an Italien zurückgegeben) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0043&query=Malibu%2081.AE.78

• Paris, Musée National du Louvre

Lekanis K 570 http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0043&query=Louvre%20K%20570

• Tampa, Tampa Museum of Art

Hydria 89.98 http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0043&query=Tampa%2089.98