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Attributed to the Triptolemos Painter
Interior, athlete
The youth shown here has all the gear of an athlete—shoes, a staff, a pick to loosen the ground when it becomes too packed, an aryballos (oil flask), and a himation (cloak) neatly folded over the goalpost. He is in the process of tying his penis before exercising.
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Title: Fragmentary terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Artist:
Attributed to the Triptolemos Painter
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 460 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: diameter 5 1/4in. (13.4cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number: 14.105.7
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