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K12.16 DIONYSUS & THE PIRATES

Dionysus & the Pirates | Attic black figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Catalogue No. Munich 2044
Beazley Archive No. -
Ware Attic Black Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Signed by Exekias
Date ca 540 B.C.
Period Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Dionysus reclines in a boat sprouting a fruiting grape vine. The vessel is surrounded by dolphins--the metamorphosed forms of the Tyrrhenian pirates who had tried to enslave him.

ARTICLES

Dionysus