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The Niobid Painter III

Upper register, Gigantomachy: from the left, Ares fully armed with helmet, shield and spear, Poseidon with trident and Demeter successfully engaged in the battle against giants.

Lower register: Dionysus is depicted with a kantharos and the thyrsus; the god is moving toward an altar, while he is turning his head back in order to see the cortege of satyrs and maenads moving behind him.

 

Made in Athens

Attic red figured calyx-krater

Attribute to “the Niobid Painter”

About 475-425 BC

From Spina Necropolis

Ferrara, Archaeological Museum

 

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Uploaded on December 13, 2012
Taken on November 25, 2012