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Male figure, perhaps Aeolus at the mouth of his cave, directing the dance of the clouds. Pottery: red-figured astragalos vase
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ARTIST:
Sotades Painter (Greece, active circa 460-450 BC)
TITLE OF WORK:
Male figure, perhaps Aeolus at the mouth of his cave, directing the dance of the clouds. Pottery: red-figured astragalos vase
TYPE OF WORK:
Painting on red-figure astragalos vase
DATE:
-460
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 12 x 16.8 cm
COMMENTS: Probably used as receptacle for actual knucklebones (astragalothiki). Dance of girls, formerly identified as Breezes (Aurae), but more probably Clouds. Bearded man, probably Hephaistos as dancing mast
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE:
Ancient, Greece, Athens
KEYWORDS:
girls
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