ABSTRACT

Apulian Used of Greek vases made in the region of Apulia in south-east Italy, in the red-figure technique, c.420-300 BC.

archaic Applied to the period c.750-500 BC, sometimes thought of as beginning in 776 BC, the traditional foundation date of the Olympic Games, and often extended to include the Persian Wars of 490-479 BC. A certain formality and stylization is associated with art of the period.