Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Attributed to the manner of the Epeleios Painter

ca. 510 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157

Interior, diskos thrower
Exterior, athletes

The youths on the exterior are practicing with the diskos, preparing a long jump, washing themselves at a laver, and holding a jumping weight.

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Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Artist: Attributed to the manner of the Epeleios Painter
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 510 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: H. 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm); diameter 13 3/8 in. (33.9 cm); width with handles 16 3/4 in. (42.6 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
Object Number: 41.162.128
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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