Sacred Athena

Athena welcomes Theseus

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), ca. 480 BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 53.11.4.

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), ca. 480 BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 53.11.4.

Caption and print note Use DT7208, not the default interior view DT7209 or the undersea scene DT7207. This is an exterior view photographed with the cup tilted; do not describe it as the interior tondo. Keep the Briseis Painter attribution qualified.

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