Calyx Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Dionysos, Maenads with Torches, Satyr
c. 460 BCE
Artists
Description
On one side, a woman (possibly a maenad) in chiton and mantle holding two lit torches in front of her faces a bearded Dionysos with ivy wreath and thyrsus (ivy-topped staff associated with Dionysos and his female followers, the maenads), who extends a kantharos (two-handled drinking cup) On the other side, a woman with chiton and mantle holds a lit torch in the lowered right, countering the advances of satyr who has his left hand extended and holds a wineskin in his lowered right.
Dimensions
39 x 38.4 cm (15 3/8 x 15 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Edward P. Bliss, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
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