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Calyx Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Dionysos, Maenads with Torches, Satyr
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On one side, a woman (possibly a maenad) in chiton and mantle holding two lit torches in front of her faces a bearded Dionysos with ivy wreath and thyrsus (ivy-topped staff associated with Dionysos and his female followers, the maenads), who extends a kantharos (two-handled drinking cup)
On the other side, a woman with chiton and mantle holds a lit torch in the lowered right, countering the advances of satyr who has his left hand extended and holds a wineskin in his lowered right.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Edward P. Bliss bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum 1916.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Edward P. Bliss
Title: Calyx Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Dionysos, Maenads with Torches, Satyr
Description:
On one side, a woman (possibly a maenad) in chiton and mantle holding two lit torches in front of her faces a bearded Dionysos with ivy wreath and thyrsus (ivy-topped staff associated with Dionysos and his female followers, the maenads), who extends a kantharos (two-handled drinking cup)
On the other side, a woman with chiton and mantle holds a lit torch in the lowered right, countering the advances of satyr who has his left hand extended and holds a wineskin in his lowered right.
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