archaicwonder:Greek Kylix with Athletes, C. 500 BCThe top is covered except for an opening from whic
archaicwonder:Greek Kylix with Athletes, C. 500 BCThe top is covered except for an opening from which one can drink. The stem is hollow and continues upward inside to the level of the rim. When held upside down, the cup could be filled through the stem and, once filled, could be emptied only through the mouthpiece. On top are seven nude, athletes moving counterclockwise. A long-bearded, balding judge with a himation over his shoulder to the left of the spout places a ribbon in added white over the first of the athletes. Another white ribbon flutters from the athlete’s arm, a red fillet is tied around his right thigh, and he holds a red aryballos in his left hand. Behind him, a beardless youth with a himation over his shoulder plays the double flute. The following athletes originally had fillets in either added red or added white around their heads. The white is missing on the fifth and seventh athletes . The third, fifth, and seventh athletes are beardless; the first, second, and fourth are bearded.Between the figures are the inscriptions “the boy/(is) beautiful/the girl/(is) beautiful/the boy/ (is) beautiful/the girl/(is) beautiful/indeed”: In the center a bearded mask (Silenos?) is surrounded by a dotted band with three outer and three inner bounding circles.The lower part of the cup is undecorated. -- source link