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Title: Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Artist/Maker: Attributed to Leagros Group (Greek (Attic), active 525 - 500 B.C.) Culture: Greek (Attic) Place: Athens, Greece (Place Created) Date: about 510 B.C. Medium: Terracotta Object Number: 86.AE.80 Dimensions: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.) As the last of his twelve labors, the Greek hero Herakles had to capture Kerberos, the monstrous three-headed dog of Hades. On this black-figure neck-amphora, Herakles holds his club and strides forward, driving the beast before him. With him are two divine helpers, Athena and Hermes. Athena, the goddess of war and patron of heroes, raises her arm in a gesture of greeting, while Hermes aids the hero in his role as guide to the Underworld. In some versions of the myth, Hermes distracted Kerberos with food while Herakles put him on a leash. Perhaps that critical role of Hermes is implied on this vase, because the two visible heads of Kerberos look intently at him. On the back of the vase, Dionysos, the god of wine, and his wife Ariadne stand flanked by satyrs, half-human companions of the god. Dionysos holds his usual attributes of a drinking horn and an ivy branch. Dionysiac scenes were popular and fitting decoration for vases like this amphora that were used in a symposion or drinking party. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/11738/attributed-to-leagros-group-attic-black-figure-neck-amphora-greek-attic-about-510-bc

Title: Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Artist/Maker: Attributed to Leagros Group (Greek (Attic), active 525 - 500 B.C.) Culture: Greek (Attic) Place: Athens, Greece (Place Created) Date: about 510 B.C. Medium: Terracotta Object Number: 86.AE.80 Dimensions: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.) As the last of his twelve labors, the Greek hero Herakles had to capture Kerberos, the monstrous three-headed dog of Hades. On this black-figure neck-amphora, Herakles holds his club and strides forward, driving the beast before him. With him are two divine helpers, Athena and Hermes. Athena, the goddess of war and patron of heroes, raises her arm in a gesture of greeting, while Hermes aids the hero in his role as guide to the Underworld. In some versions of the myth, Hermes distracted Kerberos with food while Herakles put him on a leash. Perhaps that critical role of Hermes is implied on this vase, because the two visible heads of Kerberos look intently at him. On the back of the vase, Dionysos, the god of wine, and his wife Ariadne stand flanked by satyrs, half-human companions of the god. Dionysos holds his usual attributes of a drinking horn and an ivy branch. Dionysiac scenes were popular and fitting decoration for vases like this amphora that were used in a symposion or drinking party. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/11738/attributed-to-leagros-group-attic-black-figure-neck-amphora-greek-attic-about-510-bc

Title: Attic Red-Figure Cup Artists/Makers: Attributed to Briseis Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.) and Signed by Brygos (Greek (Attic), active about 490 - 470 B.C.) Culture: Greek (Attic) Place: Athens, Greece (Place Created) Date: about 480 B.C. Medium: Terracotta Object Number: 86.AE.293 Dimensions: 11.2 × 38.9 × 30.7 cm (4 7/16 × 15 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.) Signature(s): Brygos, potter. On handle: in Greek. Translated: "Brygos made [this]". Inscription(s): Inscription: On A: ΛΣΙΟΕΤΛ (LSIOETL). On B: ΣΙΛ[ ] (SIL[ ]) (parts of two Greek names ?) On one handle, dipinto in black glaze, ΒΡΥΓΟΣΕΠΟΙΕΣΕΝ (Brygos made it). Alternate Titles: Red-figured kylix (Display Title), Wine Cup with Revelers (Display Title) Previous Attribution: Painter: Briseis Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.) Department: Antiquities Classification: Vessels Object Type: Cup Komasts or revelers frolic around the exterior of this Athenian red-figure cup. The men dance and hold skyphoi (deep drinking cups), while women provide music with double pipes (auloi) and clappers (krotala). The men’s attire, however, is rather unusual. Like the women, they wear long chitons over which are draped himatia (cloaks), as well as turban-like headdresses and earrings. Also notable is the female figure on each side who accompanies the men with a parasol. Several dozen vases with similar scenes survive. They are often termed ‘Anakreontic’, after the poet Anakreon, who was born in Teos (on what is today the west coast of Turkey), and came to Athens in the late 500s B.C. The costume worn by the men in these scenes finds parallels with clothing worn in East Greece (the Greek communities in western Turkey) and in the neighboring kingdom of Lydia. Art and ideas from these regions began to enter Athenian culture towards the end of the sixth century B.C., and men wearing turbans and earrings may be part of this trend. More generally, men’s adoption of what might be seen as traditionally feminine attire can be understood in connection to Dionysos. Best known as the god of wine, and thus a central figure in any symposium (an ivy-wreathed mixing vessel stands under one of the handles of this cup), he was also associated with the blurring of conventions. A quieter scene decorates the interior, with a young man offering a flower to a standing woman who holds a mirror. The cup is signed under the handle by Brygos as potter. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/12085/attributed-to-briseis-painter-and-signed-by-brygos-attic-red-figure-cup-greek-attic-about-480-bc

Title: Attic Red-Figure Cup Artists/Makers: Attributed to Briseis Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.) and Signed by Brygos (Greek (Attic), active about 490 - 470 B.C.) Culture: Greek (Attic) Place: Athens, Greece (Place Created) Date: about 480 B.C. Medium: Terracotta Object Number: 86.AE.293 Dimensions: 11.2 × 38.9 × 30.7 cm (4 7/16 × 15 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.) Signature(s): Brygos, potter. On handle: in Greek. Translated: "Brygos made [this]". Inscription(s): Inscription: On A: ΛΣΙΟΕΤΛ (LSIOETL). On B: ΣΙΛ[ ] (SIL[ ]) (parts of two Greek names ?) On one handle, dipinto in black glaze, ΒΡΥΓΟΣΕΠΟΙΕΣΕΝ (Brygos made it). Alternate Titles: Red-figured kylix (Display Title), Wine Cup with Revelers (Display Title) Previous Attribution: Painter: Briseis Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.) Department: Antiquities Classification: Vessels Object Type: Cup Komasts or revelers frolic around the exterior of this Athenian red-figure cup. The men dance and hold skyphoi (deep drinking cups), while women provide music with double pipes (auloi) and clappers (krotala). The men’s attire, however, is rather unusual. Like the women, they wear long chitons over which are draped himatia (cloaks), as well as turban-like headdresses and earrings. Also notable is the female figure on each side who accompanies the men with a parasol. Several dozen vases with similar scenes survive. They are often termed ‘Anakreontic’, after the poet Anakreon, who was born in Teos (on what is today the west coast of Turkey), and came to Athens in the late 500s B.C. The costume worn by the men in these scenes finds parallels with clothing worn in East Greece (the Greek communities in western Turkey) and in the neighboring kingdom of Lydia. Art and ideas from these regions began to enter Athenian culture towards the end of the sixth century B.C., and men wearing turbans and earrings may be part of this trend. More generally, men’s adoption of what might be seen as traditionally feminine attire can be understood in connection to Dionysos. Best known as the god of wine, and thus a central figure in any symposium (an ivy-wreathed mixing vessel stands under one of the handles of this cup), he was also associated with the blurring of conventions. A quieter scene decorates the interior, with a young man offering a flower to a standing woman who holds a mirror. The cup is signed under the handle by Brygos as potter. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/12085/attributed-to-briseis-painter-and-signed-by-brygos-attic-red-figure-cup-greek-attic-about-480-bc

Title: Attic Red-Figure Cup Artists/Makers: Attributed to Briseis Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.) and Signed by Brygos (Greek (Attic), active about 490 - 470 B.C.) Culture: Greek (Attic) Place: Athens, Greece (Place Created) Date: about 480 B.C. Medium: Terracotta Object Number: 86.AE.293 Dimensions: 11.2 × 38.9 × 30.7 cm (4 7/16 × 15 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.) Signature(s): Brygos, potter. On handle: in Greek. Translated: "Brygos made [this]". Inscription(s): Inscription: On A: ΛΣΙΟΕΤΛ (LSIOETL). On B: ΣΙΛ[ ] (SIL[ ]) (parts of two Greek names ?) On one handle, dipinto in black glaze, ΒΡΥΓΟΣΕΠΟΙΕΣΕΝ (Brygos made it). Alternate Titles: Red-figured kylix (Display Title), Wine Cup with Revelers (Display Title) Previous Attribution: Painter: Briseis Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.) Department: Antiquities Classification: Vessels Object Type: Cup Komasts or revelers frolic around the exterior of this Athenian red-figure cup. The men dance and hold skyphoi (deep drinking cups), while women provide music with double pipes (auloi) and clappers (krotala). The men’s attire, however, is rather unusual. Like the women, they wear long chitons over which are draped himatia (cloaks), as well as turban-like headdresses and earrings. Also notable is the female figure on each side who accompanies the men with a parasol. Several dozen vases with similar scenes survive. They are often termed ‘Anakreontic’, after the poet Anakreon, who was born in Teos (on what is today the west coast of Turkey), and came to Athens in the late 500s B.C. The costume worn by the men in these scenes finds parallels with clothing worn in East Greece (the Greek communities in western Turkey) and in the neighboring kingdom of Lydia. Art and ideas from these regions began to enter Athenian culture towards the end of the sixth century B.C., and men wearing turbans and earrings may be part of this trend. More generally, men’s adoption of what might be seen as traditionally feminine attire can be understood in connection to Dionysos. Best known as the god of wine, and thus a central figure in any symposium (an ivy-wreathed mixing vessel stands under one of the handles of this cup), he was also associated with the blurring of conventions. A quieter scene decorates the interior, with a young man offering a flower to a standing woman who holds a mirror. The cup is signed under the handle by Brygos as potter. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/12085/attributed-to-briseis-painter-and-signed-by-brygos-attic-red-figure-cup-greek-attic-about-480-bc

Title: Attic Red-Figure Cup Artists/Makers: Attributed to Briseis Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.) and Signed by Brygos (Greek (Attic), active about 490 - 470 B.C.) Culture: Greek (Attic) Place: Athens, Greece (Place Created) Date: about 480 B.C. Medium: Terracotta Object Number: 86.AE.293 Dimensions: 11.2 × 38.9 × 30.7 cm (4 7/16 × 15 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.) Signature(s): Brygos, potter. On handle: in Greek. Translated: "Brygos made [this]". Inscription(s): Inscription: On A: ΛΣΙΟΕΤΛ (LSIOETL). On B: ΣΙΛ[ ] (SIL[ ]) (parts of two Greek names ?) On one handle, dipinto in black glaze, ΒΡΥΓΟΣΕΠΟΙΕΣΕΝ (Brygos made it). Alternate Titles: Red-figured kylix (Display Title), Wine Cup with Revelers (Display Title) Previous Attribution: Painter: Briseis Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.) Department: Antiquities Classification: Vessels Object Type: Cup Komasts or revelers frolic around the exterior of this Athenian red-figure cup. The men dance and hold skyphoi (deep drinking cups), while women provide music with double pipes (auloi) and clappers (krotala). The men’s attire, however, is rather unusual. Like the women, they wear long chitons over which are draped himatia (cloaks), as well as turban-like headdresses and earrings. Also notable is the female figure on each side who accompanies the men with a parasol. Several dozen vases with similar scenes survive. They are often termed ‘Anakreontic’, after the poet Anakreon, who was born in Teos (on what is today the west coast of Turkey), and came to Athens in the late 500s B.C. The costume worn by the men in these scenes finds parallels with clothing worn in East Greece (the Greek communities in western Turkey) and in the neighboring kingdom of Lydia. Art and ideas from these regions began to enter Athenian culture towards the end of the sixth century B.C., and men wearing turbans and earrings may be part of this trend. More generally, men’s adoption of what might be seen as traditionally feminine attire can be understood in connection to Dionysos. Best known as the god of wine, and thus a central figure in any symposium (an ivy-wreathed mixing vessel stands under one of the handles of this cup), he was also associated with the blurring of conventions. A quieter scene decorates the interior, with a young man offering a flower to a standing woman who holds a mirror. The cup is signed under the handle by Brygos as potter. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/12085/attributed-to-briseis-painter-and-signed-by-brygos-attic-red-figure-cup-greek-attic-about-480-bc

Title: Attic Red-Figure Cup Artists/Makers: Attributed to Briseis Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.) and Signed by Brygos (Greek (Attic), active about 490 - 470 B.C.) Culture: Greek (Attic) Place: Athens, Greece (Place Created) Date: about 480 B.C. Medium: Terracotta Object Number: 86.AE.293 Dimensions: 11.2 × 38.9 × 30.7 cm (4 7/16 × 15 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.) Signature(s): Brygos, potter. On handle: in Greek. Translated: "Brygos made [this]". Inscription(s): Inscription: On A: ΛΣΙΟΕΤΛ (LSIOETL). On B: ΣΙΛ[ ] (SIL[ ]) (parts of two Greek names ?) On one handle, dipinto in black glaze, ΒΡΥΓΟΣΕΠΟΙΕΣΕΝ (Brygos made it). Alternate Titles: Red-figured kylix (Display Title), Wine Cup with Revelers (Display Title) Previous Attribution: Painter: Briseis Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.) Department: Antiquities Classification: Vessels Object Type: Cup Komasts or revelers frolic around the exterior of this Athenian red-figure cup. The men dance and hold skyphoi (deep drinking cups), while women provide music with double pipes (auloi) and clappers (krotala). The men’s attire, however, is rather unusual. Like the women, they wear long chitons over which are draped himatia (cloaks), as well as turban-like headdresses and earrings. Also notable is the female figure on each side who accompanies the men with a parasol. Several dozen vases with similar scenes survive. They are often termed ‘Anakreontic’, after the poet Anakreon, who was born in Teos (on what is today the west coast of Turkey), and came to Athens in the late 500s B.C. The costume worn by the men in these scenes finds parallels with clothing worn in East Greece (the Greek communities in western Turkey) and in the neighboring kingdom of Lydia. Art and ideas from these regions began to enter Athenian culture towards the end of the sixth century B.C., and men wearing turbans and earrings may be part of this trend. More generally, men’s adoption of what might be seen as traditionally feminine attire can be understood in connection to Dionysos. Best known as the god of wine, and thus a central figure in any symposium (an ivy-wreathed mixing vessel stands under one of the handles of this cup), he was also associated with the blurring of conventions. A quieter scene decorates the interior, with a young man offering a flower to a standing woman who holds a mirror. The cup is signed under the handle by Brygos as potter. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/12085/attributed-to-briseis-painter-and-signed-by-brygos-attic-red-figure-cup-greek-attic-about-480-bc

Title: Attic Red-Figure Cup Artists/Makers: Attributed to Briseis Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.) and Signed by Brygos (Greek (Attic), active about 490 - 470 B.C.) Culture: Greek (Attic) Place: Athens, Greece (Place Created) Date: about 480 B.C. Medium: Terracotta Object Number: 86.AE.293 Dimensions: 11.2 × 38.9 × 30.7 cm (4 7/16 × 15 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.) Signature(s): Brygos, potter. On handle: in Greek. Translated: "Brygos made [this]". Inscription(s): Inscription: On A: ΛΣΙΟΕΤΛ (LSIOETL). On B: ΣΙΛ[ ] (SIL[ ]) (parts of two Greek names ?) On one handle, dipinto in black glaze, ΒΡΥΓΟΣΕΠΟΙΕΣΕΝ (Brygos made it). Alternate Titles: Red-figured kylix (Display Title), Wine Cup with Revelers (Display Title) Previous Attribution: Painter: Briseis Painter (Greek (Attic), active 490 - 470 B.C.) Department: Antiquities Classification: Vessels Object Type: Cup Komasts or revelers frolic around the exterior of this Athenian red-figure cup. The men dance and hold skyphoi (deep drinking cups), while women provide music with double pipes (auloi) and clappers (krotala). The men’s attire, however, is rather unusual. Like the women, they wear long chitons over which are draped himatia (cloaks), as well as turban-like headdresses and earrings. Also notable is the female figure on each side who accompanies the men with a parasol. Several dozen vases with similar scenes survive. They are often termed ‘Anakreontic’, after the poet Anakreon, who was born in Teos (on what is today the west coast of Turkey), and came to Athens in the late 500s B.C. The costume worn by the men in these scenes finds parallels with clothing worn in East Greece (the Greek communities in western Turkey) and in the neighboring kingdom of Lydia. Art and ideas from these regions began to enter Athenian culture towards the end of the sixth century B.C., and men wearing turbans and earrings may be part of this trend. More generally, men’s adoption of what might be seen as traditionally feminine attire can be understood in connection to Dionysos. Best known as the god of wine, and thus a central figure in any symposium (an ivy-wreathed mixing vessel stands under one of the handles of this cup), he was also associated with the blurring of conventions. A quieter scene decorates the interior, with a young man offering a flower to a standing woman who holds a mirror. The cup is signed under the handle by Brygos as potter. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/12085/attributed-to-briseis-painter-and-signed-by-brygos-attic-red-figure-cup-greek-attic-about-480-bc

Fragment of a bronze relief of Eros mid-4th century B.C. Greek Object Details Title: Fragment of a bronze relief of Eros Period: Late Classical Date: mid-4th century B.C. Culture: Greek Medium: Bronze Dimensions: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) Classification: Bronzes Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907 Accession Number: 07.286.89 This relief of Eros holding an oinochoe (jug) and a phiale (libation bowl) once was attached below the vertical handle of a bronze hydria (water jar). Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247969

Fragment of a bronze relief of Eros mid-4th century B.C. Greek Object Details Title: Fragment of a bronze relief of Eros Period: Late Classical Date: mid-4th century B.C. Culture: Greek Medium: Bronze Dimensions: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) Classification: Bronzes Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907 Accession Number: 07.286.89 This relief of Eros holding an oinochoe (jug) and a phiale (libation bowl) once was attached below the vertical handle of a bronze hydria (water jar). Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247969

Fragment of a bronze relief of Eros mid-4th century B.C. Greek Object Details Title: Fragment of a bronze relief of Eros Period: Late Classical Date: mid-4th century B.C. Culture: Greek Medium: Bronze Dimensions: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) Classification: Bronzes Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907 Accession Number: 07.286.89 This relief of Eros holding an oinochoe (jug) and a phiale (libation bowl) once was attached below the vertical handle of a bronze hydria (water jar). Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247969

Bronze support for a mirror 4th century B.C. Greek, South Italian, Locrian ? Object Details Title: Bronze support for a mirror Period: Classical Date: 4th century B.C. Culture: Greek, South Italian, Locrian ? Medium: Bronze Dimensions: Overall: 5 7/16 x 3 3/4in. (13.9 x 9.5cm) Classification: Bronzes Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1958 Accession Number: 58.11.3 Seated Eros The mirror disk fit into the curved surface above; the tang below was inserted into a handle made of ivory, bone, or wood. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254976