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ARTIST: Makron (Greece, active c. 490-480 BC)

TITLE OF WORK: Satyr holding a drinking cup. Attic red-figure cup

TYPE OF WORK: Painting on pottery, red-figure attic cup

DATE: -480

DATE DETAILS: BC approx.

DIMENSIONS: 8.2 x 25.9 x 19.4 cm

COMMENTS: A satyr holding a drinking cup decorates the interior of this Athenian red-figure cup. Satyrs, part-human, part-animal companions of Dionysos, the god of wine, were a popular and fitting decoration fo

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Athens

KEYWORDS: object, cup