Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) ca. 510–500 Attributed to the Poseidon Painter Interior, maenad with birdLike the cup by the Kiss Painter (), this work was shaved down in antiquity. The iconography is interesting because maenads (female followers of Dionysos, the god of wine) are not commonly associated with birds. She seems to be letting a dove fly, much as Athena releases her Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) 251424 : Attributed to the Poseidon Painter, Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), ca. 510?500 , Terracotta, H. 2 15/16 in. ( cm) diameter 5 3/4 in. ( cm). The
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) ca. 510–500 Attributed to the Poseidon Painter Interior, maenad with birdLike the cup by the Kiss Painter (), this work was shaved down in antiquity. The iconography is interesting because maenads (female followers of Dionysos, the god of wine) are not commonly associated with birds. She seems to be letting a dove fly, much as Athena releases her Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) 251424 : Attributed to the Poseidon Painter, Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), ca. 510?500 , Terracotta, H. 2 15/16 in. ( cm) diameter 5 3/4 in. ( cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1923 ()
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