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Ilioupersis painter

Drinking Cup (Skyphos)
Now On View

Description

Maker

Attributed to Ilioupersis painter (375 BCE - 350 BCE)

Culture

Italo-Greek

Title

Drinking Cup (Skyphos)

Year

375-350 BCE

Medium

  • terracotta,
  • red-figure

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • terracotta,
  • red-figure

Materials

clay

Geography

Place Made: Southern Italy; Archaeological Site: Apulia

Dimensions

Height: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

25.089

Type

  • Ceramics

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Books

Classical Vases, Excluding Attic Black-Figure, Attic Red-Figure and Attic White Ground

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries
Sep 22, 2010

Label copy

This drinking cup (skyphos) shows a variation of a children’s game that was popular in the Greek world. The two-player game, ephedrismos, involved placing a target rock (dioros) in the ground, and then taking turns aiming other rocks at it until it was hit. Whoever failed to hit the rock would carry the winner on their back and try to reach down and touch the dioros. To further complicate the game, the winner would sometimes blindfold the loser with their hands. On this skyphos, a woman is shown carrying Eros on her back and searching for the dioros, which may be among the circles stacked at the base of the vessel. In this particular case, the image may indicate preparations for marriage, as the woman proves her strength and fertility by successfully carrying the god of love. On the other side, a woman is seated with a bird perched on her hand while a young man holding a scraper (strigil) stands nearby.

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Attributed to Ilioupersis painter (375 BCE - 350 BCE)
Drinking Cup (Skyphos), 375-350 BCE
Terracotta, red-figure
Height: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 inches)
Museum Appropriation Fund 25.089

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