Kylix (Drinking Cup)
510-500 BCE
Medium
terracotta, red-figure
Dimensions
14 × 40.3 × 31.1 cm (5 1/2 × 15 7/8 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
drinking vessel
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
269
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
On the interior of this drinking cup, within a line border, a satyr stands to the right, bending slightly at the knees, both arms outstretched in front of him (the fragment that might have shown what he was holding is lost). In the field is written ho[pais]kalo[s] (retrograde). On one side of the exterior, Theseus hobbles the Bull of Marathon; there is a tree in the background. This group is flanked on left and right by duels between naked warriors. In the field is written h[o]pais. On the other...