Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Painter of Würzburg 487

mid-5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, Eros at a herm Exterior, obverse and reverse, banqueters The earliest herms were square stone pillars terminating in a bearded head of Hermes, the god of boundaries. They were introduced in Athens about 520 B.C by Hipparchos, the son of the tyrant Peisistratos, to mark points midway between the various Attic villages and the Athenian Agora. Soon herms stood before private houses and sanctuaries, as well.

Artist

Painter of Würzburg 487

Date

mid-5th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Ernest Brummer, 1957