Bronze hydria: kalpis (water jar)

early 5th century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

An inscription on the top of the mouth reads: "One of the prizes from the competition in honor of the Dioskouroi." Although the Panathenaic games were the most famous events in Attica, there were others. The Dioskouroi are the legendary twin brothers of Helen, whose beauty precipitated the Trojan War.

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Title: Bronze hydria: kalpis (water jar)
Period: Archaic or Early Classical
Date: early 5th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 12 3/8 (31.4 cm.)
width 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Gift of Joyce and Dietrich von Bothmer, in memory of Christos G. Bastis, 1999
Object Number: 1999.460
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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