dancing maenads in ancient greek pottery, artwork

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Antimenes Painter - Black-figure Amphora with Herakles and Apollo Fighting Over the Tripod - Walters 4821 - Detail B

Antimenes Painter - Black-figure Amphora with Herakles and Apollo Figh...

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

Antimenes Painter - Black-figure Amphora with Herakles and Apollo Fighting Over the Tripod - Walters 4821 - Side B

Antimenes Painter - Black-figure Amphora with Herakles and Apollo Figh...

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

Etruscan - Red-Figure Stamnos - Walters 4862 - Profile

Etruscan - Red-Figure Stamnos - Walters 4862 - Profile

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

Walters-Dresden Painter - Bell-Krater with Satyrs and Maenads and Three Draped Men - Walters 4875 - Side A Detail

Walters-Dresden Painter - Bell-Krater with Satyrs and Maenads and Thre...

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

Walters-Dresden Painter - Bell-Krater with Satyrs and Maenads and Three Draped Men - Walters 4875 - Side A

Walters-Dresden Painter - Bell-Krater with Satyrs and Maenads and Thre...

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