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Terracotta psykter (vase for cooling wine)

Attributed to Oltos
ca. 520–510 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 154
Athletes practicing in gymnasium

The name of each figure is inscribed: the flute player, Smikythos; the diskos thrower, Antiphanes, and his trainer, Antimenes; the broad jumper, Dorotheos ("he is going to jump"); the javelin thrower, Batrrachos; Kleainethos, the judge crowning the boy fair Epainetos, and his trainer, Alketes. Two inscriptions refer to the vase itself: "drink me" and "I open my mouth wide."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta psykter (vase for cooling wine)
  • Artist: Attributed to Oltos
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 520–510 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Dimensions: Overall: 13 5/8 x 11in. (34.6 x 28cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910
  • Object Number: 10.210.18
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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