Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) mid-5th century Attributed to the Painter of Würzburg 487 Interior, Eros at a hermExterior, obverse and reverse, banquetersThe earliest herms were square stone pillars terminating in a bearded head of Hermes, the god of boundaries. They were introduced in Athens about 520 by Hipparchos, the son of the tyrant Peisistratos, to mark points midway between the various Attic villages and the Athenian Agora. Soon herms stood before private houses and sanctuaries, as Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) 254959 : Attributed to the Painter of W?rzburg 487, Ter
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) mid-5th century Attributed to the Painter of Würzburg 487 Interior, Eros at a hermExterior, obverse and reverse, banquetersThe earliest herms were square stone pillars terminating in a bearded head of Hermes, the god of boundaries. They were introduced in Athens about 520 by Hipparchos, the son of the tyrant Peisistratos, to mark points midway between the various Attic villages and the Athenian Agora. Soon herms stood before private houses and sanctuaries, as Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) 254959 : Attributed to the Painter of W?rzburg 487, Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), mid-5th century , Terracotta, width 11 3/4in. (); diameter 9in. (). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Ernest Brummer, 1957 ()
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