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Wine Intoxication

Attic kylix painted by Douris. On the central internal tondo, a bearded symposiast on a kline – who has drunk to excess and is about to regurgitate into the basin held below – is assisted by a young woman, dressed in a transparent and densely pleated chiton, possibly one of the refined courtesans (etere) who participated in symposia in ancient Greece.

A symposium's scene is portrayed in the cup external surface.

 

Source: CVatican Museums WEB Site

 

CARC / CAVI @ www.beazley.ox.ac.uk

 

Attic red-figured kylix

Height 10.6 cm; diameter 31 cm;

Attributed to Douris

ca. 490-480 a.C.

from Vulci, Etruria

Vatican Museums, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, Inv. no. 16561

 

 

 

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