Terracotta kylix (drinking cup). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)diameter 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm). Date: ca. 480-470 B.C..Thracian womanThe large piece of patterned cloth used as a shield identifies the figure as Thracian. She hastens forward holding a spear in her right hand. The characterization suggests that she is an excerpt from a larger scene depicting the death of Orpheus, the irresistible musician. After losing his wife, Eurydice, Orpheus became a recluse. Thus spurned, the enraged women of Thrace killed him. In one version, they tore him to pieces. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Terracotta kylix (drinking cup). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)diameter 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm). Date: ca. 480-470 B.C..Thracian womanThe large piece of patterned cloth used as a shield identifies the figure as Thracian. She hastens forward holding a spear in her right hand. The characterization suggests that she is an excerpt from a larger scene depicting the death of Orpheus, the irresistible musician. After losing his wife, Eurydice, Orpheus became a recluse. Thus spurned, the enraged women of Thrace killed him. In one version, they tore him to pieces. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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