Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Obverse, Tydeus, Aktaion, Theseus, Kastor
Reverse, three youths
On the obverse the focus is Aktaion—the hunter who, because he came upon the goddess Artemis bathing, was turned into a stag and killed by his own hounds. The dog provides the only allusion to the canonical story, however, for Aktaion appears here in a peaceful gathering with three other mythical heroes in the guise of hunters.
Reverse, three youths
On the obverse the focus is Aktaion—the hunter who, because he came upon the goddess Artemis bathing, was turned into a stag and killed by his own hounds. The dog provides the only allusion to the canonical story, however, for Aktaion appears here in a peaceful gathering with three other mythical heroes in the guise of hunters.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
- Artist: Attributed to the Dinos Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 420 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Christos G. Bastis, 1966
- Object Number: 66.79
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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ca. 430 BCE
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ca. 430 BCE
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