Partying with Death. The interior of this cup shows Persephone with Hades, god of death and of the underworld. He reclines on a couch, holding up a libation bowl in one hand and a cornucopia in the other. The exterior depicts Olympian gods assembled for drinking party. Red figured drinking-cup (kylix) made in Athens around 440-430 BC. Said to be from Italy.

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Partying with Death. The interior of this cup shows Persephone with Hades, god of death and of the underworld. He reclines on a couch, holding up a libation bowl in one hand and a cornucopia in the other. The exterior depicts Olympian gods assembled for drinking party. Red figured drinking-cup (kylix) made in Athens around 440-430 BC. Said to be from Italy.

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