T55.2 ARIADNE, DIONYSUS & COMUS

Museum Collection | British Museum, London |
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Catalogue No. | London E82 |
Beazley Archive No. | 217212 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Attributed to Codrus Painter |
Date | ca 450 - 400 B.C. |
Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Sides: Detail of Ariadne, Dionysus and Comus from a painting depicting the feast of the gods on Olympus. Dionysus, reclining on a couch, is crowned with a wreath of ivy and holds a cup in one hand and a thyrsos in the other. He is attended by his cup-bearer, the balding satyr-boy Comus (Festivity). Other figures in the scene (not shown) are Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Amphitrite, Ares and Aphrodite.
Tondo: Hades and Persephone (see other image).