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TITLE OF WORK: Double aulos player, Dionysus, goat amd woman dancer. Black-figure neck amphora

TYPE OF WORK: Painting, terracotta black-figure vase

DATE: -510

DATE DETAILS: BC approx.

DIMENSIONS: 40.4 × 26.2 cm

COMMENTS: The back of the amphora depicts the festive atmosphere surrounding Dionysos, the god of wine. Dionysos stands calmly holding his kantharos, or drinking cup, while his companions dance and make music.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Athens

KEYWORDS: god, goat