Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), Classical, ca. 480 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm), Vases, Interior and exterior, Theseus in Poseidon's undersea palace and his arrival in Athens. The subject of the decoration is elucidated in a poem by Bacchylides, active in the fifth century B.C. On the interior and one side of the exterior, Theseus, who is bound for Crete to kill the Minotaur, takes leave of his father and stepmother, Poseidon and Amphitrite
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Terracotta kylix, drinking cup, Classical, ca, 480 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 5 3/16, 13.2 cm, Vases, Interior, exterior, Theseus, Poseidon, undersea palace, arrival, Athens, subject, decoration, elucidated, poem, Bacchylides, active, fifth century, interior, side, bound, Crete, kill, Minotaur, takes leave, father, stepmother, Amphitrite
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