K12.18 DIONYSUS & ARIADNE
Museum Collection | British Museum, London |
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Catalogue No. | London B168 |
Beazley Archive No. | 310371 |
Ware | Attic Bilingual |
Shape | Amphora B |
Painter | Attributed to Towry Whyte Painter or Nr: Group E |
Date | ca 575 - 525 B.C. |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
The bearded god Dionysus holds a drinking cup (krater) and fruiting grapevine. Beside him stands Ariadne holding their sons--perhaps Oeinopion "Full of WIne" and Staphylus "Bunch of Grapes." They are accompnaied by the god Hermes and a Satyr holding a frond of ivy.