Dionysus, god of the vine, with Ariadne & Silens | Greek vase, Athenian black figure amphora

K12.12 DIONYSOS, ARIADNE & SATYROI

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue Number: Louvre F204
Beazley Archive Number: 200011
Ware: Attic Bilingual
Shape: Amphora
Painter: Attributed to the Andokides Painter and Lysippides Painter
Date: ca 520 - 510 BC
Period: Archaic

SUMMARY

Side A: Herakles and Kerberos (see other image)
Side B: Dionysos holding a fruiting grape vine in one hand and a wine jar in the other, stands beside his wife Ariadne (or a Mainas Nymphe) and three Satyroi, bearing wine-skin, lyre and fillets.

NOTEThis is a montage of several photos of the vase.

ARTICLESDionysos, Ariadne, Satyroi

OTHER IMAGES OF VASE

         
 
 
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