 The earliest workshops seem to have been founded in Lucania, and Apulia.Others were founded in Sicily, and then scions from the Sicilian workshops established those in Paestum and Campania.South Italian ware illustrates many ancient Greek dramas and myths which are unknown in Mainland Greek pottery fabrics like those of Athens (Attic ware), Sparta (Laconian ware), and Corinth (Corinthian ware).