Attic Red Figure Kylix
Berlin foundry cup a red figure kylix from the early 5th century bc.
Attic red figure kylix. In the louvre paris. It is the name vase of the attic vase painter known conventionally as the foundry painter. Its most striking feature is the exterior depiction of activities in an athenian bronze workshop or foundry. Scenes of revelry decorate this athenian red figure kylix or cup.
In athenian aristocratic circles in the archaic period older men often courted youths. Courtesy of the trustees of the british museum greek kylix depicting the sack of troy sack of troy detail of the brygos cup a kylix decorated by the brygos painter c. 8 5 x 28 cm 3 3 8 x 11 in external link. On the interior a nude woman reclines as she plays kottabos a popular drinking game at the symposium aristocratic male drinking party.
It is an important source on ancient greek metal working technology. Attic red figure kylix by epictetus showing heracles slaying busiris c. When the cup is rotated so that the shoulder drapery folds are vertical the youth tilts drunkenly backwards. Attic red figure kylix ca.
In the british museum london.