T50.3 SILENUS, MAENAD & DIONYSUS
| Museum Collection | None (formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) |
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| Catalogue No. | N/A |
| Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
| Ware | Paestan Red Figure |
| Shape | Krater, Bell |
| Painter | Attributed to Python |
| Date | ca. 360 – 350 B.C. |
| Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Dionysus and a Maenad ride in a wagon drawn by Silenus. The god wears a headband bound with ivy and holds a thyrsus (pine-cone tipped staff) and a plate of fruit. The Maenad, perched on the side of the wagon, plays a set of double pipes. A bird, perhaps a dove, sits on her lap. Silenus is depicted as a comical, old man with an upturned nose and bestial ears, covered in a coat of fluffy, white fur. He wears a headband, deer- or leopard-skin cloak and a pair of shoes. The spirit Hybris (Hubris or Violence) flies above them in the guise of a Maenad bearing a thyrsus staff. The god's wagon is decorated with cross-hatch patterns, hung with a pair of wreaths, and cushioned.
IMAGE DETAIL 1
Detail of Silenus.
IMAGE DETAIL 2
Detail of Hybris.