K7.4 THE RETURN OF HEPHAESTUS
| Museum Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | New York 08.258.22 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 216948 |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Oinochoe |
| Painter | Attributed to the Eretria Painter |
| Date | ca 430 B.C. |
| Period | High Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Hephaestus is led back to Olympus by the god Dionysus. The pair ride together on the back of a donkey, the first wearing a workman's hat and carrying tongs, the other crowned with ivy and holding a drinking cup. A flute-playing Satyr leads the procession followed by a Satyriscus (child Satyr) raising the thyrsos (pine-cone tipped staff) of Dionysus.
This is a drawing of the vase rather than a photograph.