s5837

TITLE OF WORK: Four groups of armed dancers. Attic black-figure Kyathos of the Perizoma Group.

TYPE OF WORK: Painting on pottery, kyathos vase

DATE: -500

DATE DETAILS: BC approx.

DIMENSIONS: 28 x 21 cm

COMMENTS: Four groups of armed dancers, each composed of two men with a helmet, lance and pelta shield, move in time with music played by a bearded double-flute player, dressed in a long tunic. The men wear a b

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Athens

DANCE FORM: armed

KEYWORDS: weapon, shield, helmet, lance