Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)

Unknown

ca. 430–420 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Man with lyre and staff, woman with lamp, on opposite sides of door The subject concerns an Athenian reveler at the end of a bibulous evening. There has been considerable debate as to whether the man is returning home or calling on a hetaira (prostitute). Of exceptional architectural interest is the abbreviated depiction of the front of a house with the solid door and the tiled roof.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 430–420 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1937