Kleitias

ancient Greek vase painter
Person human Q722963
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Kleitias

Summary

Kleitias is a human[1]. He was born on 615 BC[2]. He died on January 1, 600 BC[3]. He worked as a black-figure vase painter[4], vase painter[5], and Attic vase-painter[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Kleitias was born on 615 BC[2].
  • Kleitias died on January 1, 600 BC[3].
  • Kleitias held citizenship in Classical Athens[8].
  • Ancient Greek was Kleitias's native language[9].
  • Kleitias's professions included black-figure vase painter[4].
  • Kleitias's professions included vase painter[5].
  • Kleitias worked as an Attic vase-painter[6].
  • Kleitias is recorded as male[10].
  • Kleitias's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • Kleitias is part of Ergotimus and Clitias[12].
  • Kleitias's Commons category is recorded as Kleitias[13].
  • Kleitias's floruit is recorded as 600 BC[14].
  • Kleitias's partner in business or sport is recorded as Ergotimos[15].
  • Kleitias's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Ancient Greek[16].
  • Kleitias dates from the classical antiquity[17].
  • Kleitias's culture is recorded as Ancient Greece[18].
  • Kleitias's has works in the collection is recorded as National Archaeological Museum[19].
  • Kleitias's has works in the collection is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art[20].
  • Kleitias's copyright status as a creator is recorded as copyrights on works have expired[21].

Body

Origins and Family

Kleitias was born on 615 BC[2]. Ancient Greek was his native language[9].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include black-figure vase painter[4], vase painter[5], and Attic vase-painter[6].

Death and Burial

Kleitias died on January 1, 600 BC[3].

Why It Matters

Kleitias ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

What did Kleitias do for work?

Kleitias worked as black-figure vase painter[4], vase painter[5], and Attic vase-painter[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Kleitias. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/kleitias
MLA “Kleitias.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/kleitias.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kleitias_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Kleitias}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kleitias}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Kleitias — https://4ort.xyz/entity/kleitias (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/kleitias · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Sex or gender male
    Instance of human
    Country of citizenship Classical Athens
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30851|batch #30851]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (7)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.