Detail of the Shoulder Decoration on a Hydria with Dionysos and Poseidon in the Getty Villa, July 2008

Water Jar with Dionysos and Poseidon
Greek, made in Athens, about 550 BC
Terracotta
Black-figured hydria attributed to the Wider Circle of Lydos as painter

Inventory # 86.AE.113

Attributes help identify two of the Greek gods on the body of this vessel: Dionysos (god of wine) holds a grapevine and a huge kantharos (ritual cup), and Poseidon (god of the sea) holds his trident. The woman standing between them is difficult to identify because she lacks an attribute. She may be Dionysos' consort, Ariadne, or Poseidon's wife, Amphitrite.

Text from the Getty Villa museum label.