Kylix (Drinking Cup)
Style of Douris
about 480 BCE
Medium
terracotta, red-figure
Dimensions
7.3 × 27 × 20.2 cm (2 7/8 × 10 5/8 × 8 in.)
Classification
drinking vessel
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
88351
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This small, delicate drinking cup is undecorated except for the interior, depicting Artemis, goddess of the hunt, within the tondo, or circular field. A quiver on her back, she holds a bow and two arrows in her left hand, and in her right hand she extends a torch. An inscription added in dark red that runs from in front of her to behind her head states that one Hippodamas is handsome.