Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, wreathed youth with flowers
Exterior, obverse and reverse, athletes
The youths on the exterior are practicing with jumping weights, preparing to hurl the javelin, and throwing the diskos. There are two Etruscan inscriptions on the underside of the foot.
Exterior, obverse and reverse, athletes
The youths on the exterior are practicing with jumping weights, preparing to hurl the javelin, and throwing the diskos. There are two Etruscan inscriptions on the underside of the foot.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the Euergides Painter
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 510 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: 4 5/8in. (11.8cm)
Other: 13 5/16in. (33.8cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1909
- Object Number: 09.221.47
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek, Attic
490–480 BCE
Amykos Painter
ca. 420–400 BCE
Euergides Painter
late 6th century BCE
Euergides Painter
ca. 510 BCE
Euergides Painter
ca. 510 BCE
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