Deities - XI : The Dionysiac Thiasos
This krater with lid, or “Krater-psykter”, is decorated with images of Dionysiac cults.
On the main body, the wine god is sitting on a stool; he wears a himation and a mantel and holds a kantharos with his left hand, and a vine branch with the right. A vine leafs wreath embellishes his hair. Dancing satyrs and maenads surround him.
In the lower band, Dionysiac parade (thiasos): the god reading a mule and holding a drinking horn moves to right; in front and behind him dancing satyrs and maenads.
Attic black-figured krater-psykter
Dimensions: H. 36.2 cm; Diam. 40.5 cm.
About 525-505 BC
Near Antimenes Painter
Paris, Musée du Louvre
Antimenes antimene Pittore Painter Dioniso Dionysos Dionysus “Dionysiac Thiasos” ”Tiaso Dionisico” satiri Satyrs Maenads Menadi “black figure” “Figure Nere” Krater cratere attic attica Athens atene greek ceramic pottery vases ceramica greca “vasi greci” Paris Parigi “Musée du Louvre” Louvre
Deities - XI : The Dionysiac Thiasos
This krater with lid, or “Krater-psykter”, is decorated with images of Dionysiac cults.
On the main body, the wine god is sitting on a stool; he wears a himation and a mantel and holds a kantharos with his left hand, and a vine branch with the right. A vine leafs wreath embellishes his hair. Dancing satyrs and maenads surround him.
In the lower band, Dionysiac parade (thiasos): the god reading a mule and holding a drinking horn moves to right; in front and behind him dancing satyrs and maenads.
Attic black-figured krater-psykter
Dimensions: H. 36.2 cm; Diam. 40.5 cm.
About 525-505 BC
Near Antimenes Painter
Paris, Musée du Louvre
Antimenes antimene Pittore Painter Dioniso Dionysos Dionysus “Dionysiac Thiasos” ”Tiaso Dionisico” satiri Satyrs Maenads Menadi “black figure” “Figure Nere” Krater cratere attic attica Athens atene greek ceramic pottery vases ceramica greca “vasi greci” Paris Parigi “Musée du Louvre” Louvre