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Black-figured skyphos. A: Apollo Citharoedus and five muses. B: Hermes and four nymphs

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DATE: -510
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 29.2 cm height
COMMENTS: Skyphos is a drinking vessel with a deep body, flat bottom and two small horizontal handles. Apollo, god of light, is here seen presiding over the pastimes of the Muses (in his role as Apollo Musagete
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Attica
KEYWORDS: lyre

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