Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

ca. 470 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 156

Obverse, youth and seated teacher
Reverse, two youths

Students had to be able to recite from memory the works of the poets, especially the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer, which were thought to give moral training. Performance in public competitions, whether literary, musical, or athletic, was a regular part of civic life; and recitation, such as this boy gives before his teacher, was an important preparation for adult life.

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Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Artist: Attributed to the Euaichme Painter
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 470 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); diameter 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm); width with handles 12 1/16 in. (30.7 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
Object Number: 41.162.5
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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