Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
Satyr with young Dionysos between women
After Dionysos was born from the thigh of his father, Zeus, he was brought up by the nymphs on Mount Nysa; its location was indeterminate but probably in northern Greece. The representation here presents a conflation of the nymphs and the maenads who were to become his female followers.
After Dionysos was born from the thigh of his father, Zeus, he was brought up by the nymphs on Mount Nysa; its location was indeterminate but probably in northern Greece. The representation here presents a conflation of the nymphs and the maenads who were to become his female followers.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 460–450 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
diameter 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Museum Accession
- Object Number: X.313.1
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Villa Giulia Painter
ca. 460 BCE
Villa Giulia Painter
ca. 460 BCE
Villa Giulia Painter
ca. 460–450 BCE
Villa Giulia Painter
ca. 460–450 BCE
Villa Giulia Painter
ca. 450 BCE
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