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The subject of this oinochoe is appropriate to the shape. Oinochoai were typically used for pouring wine, and this vase shows the wine-god Dionysos and one of his followers—a maenad. Maenads were inspired by the god to abandon their homes and families and roam the mountains and forests, singing and dancing in a state of ecstatic frenzy.
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Title: Terracotta oinochoe with trefoil mouth
Period: Archaic
Date: late 6th–early 5th century B.C
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions: H. 13 cm
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
Object Number: 2021.40.8
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