The Dionysus Cup is the modern name for one of the best known works of ancient Greek vase painting, a kylix (drinking cup) dating to 540–530 BC. It is...
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question marks, boxes, or other symbols. In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (/daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs/; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of wine-making...
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Dionysian Mysteries (redirect from Mysteries of Dionysus)
and Liberalia Dionysus Cup, painted Attic drinking cup Greco-Roman mysteries Hellenistic religion Maiuma (festival) dedicated to Dionysus and Aphrodite...
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Kylix (redirect from Cylix (cup))
(died 550 BC). It is dated to about 565/560 BC, and is now in Paris. Dionysus Cup, famous for its painting, 540–530 BC. It is one of the masterpieces of...
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Homeric Hymns (redirect from Homeric Hymn to Dionysus)
Pindar and Sappho. The lyric poet Alcaeus composed hymns around 600 BCE to Dionysus and to the Dioscuri, which were influenced by the equivalent Homeric hymns...
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with the classic eye cups. Probably even more innovative was his use of the entire inside of the cup for his picture of Dionysus, reclining on a ship...
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Belly Amphora by the Andokides Painter (between 520 and 510 BC) and the Dionysus cup by Exekias (circa 530 BC). One of the masterpieces of Etruscan art is...
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central Italy alongside the Latins. The 7th-century BC Homeric Hymn to Dionysus referred to them as pirates. Unlike later Greek authors, these authors...
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Dionysus Cup, by Exekias, 6th Century...
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Eye-cup is the term describing a specific cup type in ancient Greek pottery, distinguished by pairs of eyes painted on the external surface. Classified...
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