Red-Figure Kylix - Type B (Wine Cup)
circa 430 BCE
5th century BCE
8.6 cm x 25.6 cm (3 3/8 in. x 10 1/16 in.)
Painter of Louvre G 456
Primary
Object Type:
ceramic
Artist Nationality:
Europe, Greek-Attic
Medium and Support:
Terracotta
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund and the James R. Dougherty, Jr. Foundation, 1980
Accession Number:
1980.42
Two athletes use strigils (scrapers) to remove olive oil from their bodies. On each side of the exterior, two pairs of youths practice with javelins in a gymnasium. Gymnasia in Athens were centers for education and athletic training.