Dance History Gallery

p1723

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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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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