Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Euaion Painter

ca. 460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, satyr cooking Although satyr iconography tends to focus on the specific pursuits of Dionysos, the god of wine, and his followers, satyrs occasionally are cast in human roles. The satyr's meal is contained in a skyphos (deep drinking cup) that stands on a support of indeterminate shape. With the stick in his left hand, he seems to be stoking a fire beneath the support.

Artist

Euaion Painter

Date

ca. 460–450 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906