Dionysus, god of wine, with Satyr | Greek vase, Athenian red figure kylix

K12.3 DIONYSOS & SATYROS

Museum Collection:  Antikenmuseen, Berlin, Germany
Catalogue No.: Berlin F2290
Beazley Archive No.: 204730
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: Attributed to Makron
Date: ca 490 - 480 BC
Period: Late Archaic

SUMMARY

Tondo: Dionysos crowned with a wreath of ivy, and holding a fruiting grape vine in one hand, and thyrsos (pine-cone tipped staff) in the other. He is accompanied by a flute-playing Satyros.
Sides: Mainades dance around an image of Dionysos (not shown)

ARTICLESDionysos, Satyroi

 
 
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