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Red-Figure Column Krater (Mixing Vessel): Satyrs Pursuing Maenads

Red-Figure Column Krater (Mixing Vessel): Satyrs Pursuing Maenads

Red-figure Naples Painter · Krater · 440–430 BCE

Two satyr-maenad pairs rush across this vase, similar but not identical to one another. The leading satyr is balding and infibulated, the trailing one more hirsute; the leading maenad carries a <em>thyrsos</em>, the trailing one two torches. On the reverse, a stock scene appears, with three youths standing, as if in conversation.

Shape

Krater

Technique

Red-figure

Date

440–430 BCE

Culture

Greek, Attic

Painter

Naples Painter

Attribution

Attributed