Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl). Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian. Dimensions: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm). Date: ca. 380-360 B.C..Obverse, satyr and maenad. Reverse, two youthsThe representation is interesting because the maenad, asleep in an outdoor setting, recalls the pose of Ariadne when she was found on the island of Naxos by the wine god Dionysos; she had been abandoned there by Theseus. The iconography of an "elevated" mythological subject has been applied to members of Dionysos' retinue. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl). Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian. Dimensions: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm). Date: ca. 380-360 B.C..Obverse, satyr and maenad. Reverse, two youthsThe representation is interesting because the maenad, asleep in an outdoor setting, recalls the pose of Ariadne when she was found on the island of Naxos by the wine god Dionysos; she had been abandoned there by Theseus. The iconography of an "elevated" mythological subject has been applied to members of Dionysos' retinue. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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