Dancing Maenads In Ancient Greek Pottery

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This amphora pairs a scene of Dionysus with one of Herakles' exploits: the struggle between Herakles and Apollo for the Delphic tripod. According to myth, Herakles traveled to the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi More

This amphora pairs a scene of Dionysus with one of Herakles' exploits: the struggle between Herakles and Apollo for the Delphic tripod. According to myth, Herakles traveled to the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi More

A stamnos is a wide-mouthed jar for wine. Red-figure vases were made in Etruria from the mid-5th to the mid-3rd centuries BC. Early examples were influenced by Athenian Greek works. After about 350 BC, inspirat More

This red-figure bell-krater depicts satyrs and maenads revelling on the front. On the left a satyr wearing a fawn skin for a cloak and a wreath stands to the right; in his right hand he holds up a thyrsos from More

This red-figure bell-krater depicts satyrs and maenads revelling on the front. On the left a satyr wearing a fawn skin for a cloak and a wreath stands to the right; in his right hand he holds up a thyrsos from More

Greece, Athens, circa 520 B.C. Furnishings; Serviceware Ceramic Height: 16 in. (40.64 cm) William Randolph Hearst Collection (50.9.35) Greek, Roman and Etruscan Art

Greece, Athens, circa 540 B.C. Furnishings; Serviceware Ceramic Height: 11 in. (27.94 cm) William Randolph Hearst Collection (50.9.43) Greek, Roman and Etruscan Art

Deutsch: Weinkanne mit Satyr und tanzender Mänade Public domain image of an ancient Greek vase, classical Greece, government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Deutsch: Weinkanne mit Satyr und tanzender Mänade Public domain image of an ancient Greek vase, classical Greece, government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greece, Athens, early 5th century B.C. Furnishings; Serviceware Ceramic Diameter including handles: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm); Diameter excluding handles: 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm) Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn (AC1992.1 More

Dionysos, silenus and maenad. Side B from an Attic red-figure calyx-krater, 520–510 BC. Français : Dionysos, silène et ménade. Face B d'un cratère en calice attique à figures rouges, v. 520-510 av. J.-C.

Diomedes and Polyxena. Side B from an Etruscan amphora of the Pontic group, ca. 540–530 BC. From Vulci. Français : Diomède et Polyxène. Face B d'une amphore pontique, vers 540-530 av. J.-C. Provenance : Vulci.

Achilles pursuing Troilus. Side A from an Etruscan amphora of the Pontic group, ca. 540–530 BC. From Vulci. Français : Achille poursuivant Troïlos. Face A d'une amphore pontique, vers 540-530 av. J.-C. Proven More

Dionysos, Ariadne, sileni and maenads. Attic black-figure band cup, ca. 550–540 BC. Français : Dionysos, Ariane, silens et ménades. Coupe à bande attique à figures noires, vers 550-540 av. J.-C.

Two sileni and a maenad. Side A from an Apulian (Tarentian?) red-figure calyx-krater, 380–370 BC. Français : Deux silènes et une ménade. Face A d'un cratère à calice à figures rouges apulien (Tarente ?), 380- More

Dionysos (here unseen), maenads and Eros. Attic red-figure hydria in the Kerch style, ca. 375–350 BC. From Cyrenaica.

Upper band: Dionysos and thiasus; lower band: departure of a warrior/komos scene. Attic black-figure crater-psykter, ca. 525–500 BC. Français : Bandeau supérieur : Dionysos et son thiase ; bandeau inférieur : More

Young Pan and a dancing maenad. Apulian red-figured olpe. Français : Jeune Pan et ménade dansant. Olpè apulienne à figures rouges.