Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Lyandros Painter

ca. 450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, youth arming while a boy holds his spear and shield Exterior, youths Every able-bodied male citizen of Athens was expected to fight when necessary. Here a youth dons the panoply of a foot soldier.

Artist

Lyandros Painter

Date

ca. 450 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Purchase, Christos G. Bastis Gift, 1958