K20.12 DIONYSUS, ARIADNE & EROS
| Museum Collection | British Museum, London |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | London 1867,0508.1221 |
| Beazley Archive No. | - |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Cup, Stemless |
| Painter | Attributed to the Meleager Painter |
| Date | ca. 390 B.C. |
| Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Dionysus embraces Ariadne in the company of Eros (Love). Dionysus wears a robe draped loosely across his shoulder and a flanged stephane crown decked with ribbons. He holds a tortoise-shell lyre in one hand and casts his head backwards in ecstasy. Ariadne is dressed in an elaborately embroidered gown, wears a stephane crown and earrings, and balances a tympanum (a type of drum or tambourine) on her hand hand. Eros flutters at their side tapping a drum.