Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

ca. 450 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 156

Interior, youth arming while a boy holds his spear and shield
Exterior, youths

Every able-bodied male citizen of Athens was expected to fight when necessary. Here a youth dons the panoply of a foot soldier.

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Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Artist: Attributed to the Lyandros Painter
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 450 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: Overall: 3 3/4 x 12 13/16in. (9.6 x 32.5cm); diameter 10 1/8in. (25.7cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Purchase, Christos G. Bastis Gift, 1958
Object Number: 58.11.1
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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