Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Douris

ca. 490–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, seated poet and youth Exterior, obverse and reverse, youths and men The seated man is identifiable as a poet through the lyre in his left hand and the inscription Egeas in the exergue. Although the name is not otherwise attested in this form, it may refer to Agias, or Hegias, of Troizen, mentioned in ancient literature as the author of the Nostoi, a poem now lost that narrated the return from Troy of various Greek heroes. On the exterior of the cup, the column and aryballos (oil flask) situate the scene in the gymnasium.

Artist

Douris

Date

ca. 490–480 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, 1976 (1976.181.3) Lent by the Musée du Louvre (L.1975.65.14–.17, .19)