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Kylix (Drinking Cup)

Red-figure the manner of Douris · Kylix · about 480 BCE

<p>This small, delicate drinking cup is undecorated except for the interior, depicting Artemis, goddess of the hunt, within the tondo, or circular field. A quiver on her back, she holds a bow and two arrows in her left hand, and in her right hand she extends a torch. An inscription added in dark red that runs from in front of her to behind her head states that one Hippodamas is handsome.</p>

Inscription

Hippodamas Kalos "Hippodamas is handsome."

Shape

Kylix

Technique

Red-figure

Date

about 480 BCE

Culture

Athens

Painter

the manner of Douris