Dionysus, Ariadne & the satyr Comus | Greek vase, Athenian red figure kylix

T55.2 DIONYSOS & ARIADNE

Museum Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Catalogue No.: London E 82
Beazley Archive No.: 217212
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: Attributed to Codrus Painter
Date: ca 450 - 400 BC
Period: Classical

ARTICLES

Dionysos, Ariadne, Komos

SUMMARY

Sides: Detail of Dionysos and Ariadne from a depiction of the feast of the gods of Olympos. They are attended by the balding, satyr-boy Komos, the cup-bearer of Dionysos. Other figures on the vase (not shown) are Zeus and Hera, Poseidon and Amphitrite, Ares and Aphrodite.
Tondo: Haides and Persephone (see other image).

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