# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/butades
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:52:42.289Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/butades"
name: "Butades"
slug: "butades"
description: "Butades of Sicyon, sometimes mistakenly called Dibutades, was the reputed inventor of the art of modelling clay in relief. An accident first led him to practise, in conjunction with his daughter, at Corinth. The period at which he flourished is unknown, but has been estimated at 600 BC."
tagline: "Ancient Greek potter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Versailles%2C_salon_des_nobles%2C_Dibutade_ou_l'Origine_de_la_peinture%2C_Jean-Baptiste_Regnault.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-700"
deathDate: "-600"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.87
  momentum:             0.066815144766147
  historical:           12.49921066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%A7%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "بوٹاڈیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butades"
    title: "Butades"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butades"
    title: "Butades"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%85%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Βουτάδης ο Σικυώνιος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butades"
    title: "Butades"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butades"
    title: "Butades"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butades"
    title: "Butades"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boutad%C3%A8s"
    title: "Boutadès"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butades"
    title: "Butades"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butade_di_Sicione"
    title: "Butade di Sicione"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boutad%C3%A8s"
    title: "Boutadès"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butades_z_Sykionu"
    title: "Butades z Sykionu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butades_de_Sici%C3%A3o"
    title: "Butades de Sicião"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4"
    title: "Бутад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4"
    title: "Бутад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1017839"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump