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K26.6 THE DEATH OF PENTHEUS

Death of Pentheus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
Catalogue No. -
Beazley Archive No. -
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Attributed to Douris
Date ca 480 B.C.
Period Early Classical

DESCRIPTION

King Pentheus of Thebes is torn limb from limb by the crazed Maenads of the god Dionysus. The two central figures, draped in panther skins and holding the king's body, are the sisters Agave (mother of Pentheus) and Autonoe. A third Maenad holds the king's severed foot. One of Dionysus' Satyrs oversees the sparagmos (ritual dismemberment).

ARTICLES

Dionysus, Satyrs