Daily life
Symposium
Depictions
10 vases
The aristocratic drinking party — men reclining on couches, drinking wine, playing kottabos, listening to poetry and music. The symposium was the primary context for vase use and vase painting.
10 vases depicting this scene
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles): two female heads
RF
Attributed to the Brygos Painter
· ca. 490–480 BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Attributed to the Colmar Painter
· ca. 500 BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup) in the form of the heads of Herakles and of a woman
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Attributed to the Syriskos Painter
· ca. 470 BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
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Attributed to the manner of the Pistoxenos Painter
· ca. 480–470 BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
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Attributed to the manner of the Pistoxenos Painter
· ca. 480–470 BCE
Terracotta oinochoe (jug)
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KERCH
· 4th century BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Signed by Hegesiboulos
· ca. 500 BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
RF
Attributed to the Painter of Brussels R 330
· mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
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Signed by Hieron
· ca. 480 BCE
Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
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Attributed to the Karkinos Painter
· ca. 500 BCE
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