Fragment from Red-Figure Kylix: Nereus(?) and Nereid, c. 470-460 BC. Manner of Pistoxenos Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 470-460 BC). Ceramic; overall: cm (5 11/16 in.). Broken from the rim and bowl of a drinking cup, this fragment shows a woman looking back and moving away from a bearded man. Because she holds a dolphin, she is likely a Nereid, or sea nymph. The man may be her father, Nereus, although he is usually shown with white hair and beard (appropriately, for he is often called “Old Man of the Sea”).

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