Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Classical, ca. 480 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 5 7/16 in. ( cm), Vases


Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Classical, ca. 480 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 5 7/16 in. ( cm), Vases, Interior, flute-playing satyr and maenad, Exterior, obverse and reverse, symposium. The exterior provides a particularly full illustration of the symposium (drinking party) and, especially, of its paraphernalia: a wreathed column-krater for mixing wine and water, a large skyphos for the relief of a sick symposiast, a lamp stand that also accommodates a ladle and strainer, and krotala (castanets) and a picnic basket suspended from the back wall


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