Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian. Dimensions: H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm). Date: ca. 375-350 B.C..Woman pushing girl on a swing, youth sitting on an altar, and HermesThe Aiora and Anthesteria, Athenian festivals dedicated to Dionysos, god of wine, included girls swinging. The Hermaia, celebrating Hermes, the messenger god, featured athletes; the youth here holds a strigil (scraper), and Hermes himself stands by a column suggesting a sacred precinct. The Athenian festivals may have had Apulian counterparts. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian. Dimensions: H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm). Date: ca. 375-350 B.C..Woman pushing girl on a swing, youth sitting on an altar, and HermesThe Aiora and Anthesteria, Athenian festivals dedicated to Dionysos, god of wine, included girls swinging. The Hermaia, celebrating Hermes, the messenger god, featured athletes; the youth here holds a strigil (scraper), and Hermes himself stands by a column suggesting a sacred precinct. The Athenian festivals may have had Apulian counterparts. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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