Dionysus, god of Bacchic revels, with Maenad & Satyr | Greek vase, Athenian red figure krater

K12.5 THE TRAIN OF DIONYSOS

Museum Collection: Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA
Catalogue Number: Tampa 86.102
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Apulian Red Figure
Shape: Krater, column
Painter: Name vase of the Maplewood Painter
Date: ca 350 BC
Period: Late Classical

SUMMARY

The youthful god Dionysos stands holding a thyrsos (pine-cone tipped staff) in one hand and a cup in the other. He is attended by a Mainas Nymphe, bearing thyrsos and ivy-wreath, and a young, horse-tailed Satyros with a flaming torch, and handled jug.

NOTEThis image is a montage of several photos of the vase.

ARTICLESDionysos, Satyroi

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