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God Kabeiros attends the birth of the first man 

Fragment of a Kabeiric black-figure skyphos by Kabeiros Painter with a scene depicting god Kabeiros attending the birth of the first man, 410-390 BC

To the left of the scene there is a woman called Krateia (strength) who embraces Mitos (the warp thread, symbolizing the seed according to Orphic poems). Next to them is depicted their child Pratolaos (the first man). To the right, a naked boy called Pais is Kabeiros’ wine-pourer. He is filling with wine an oinochoe from a calyx-krater. The god Kabeiros is depicted lying in a kline (bed) and holding a kantharos in his right hand. He is semi-naked, only a himation covers his lower body, and wears a diadema with ivy leaves on his head. The figure of a Satyr is depicted on a small sherd from the same vase. All the figures in the scene are identified thanks to written inscriptions (dipinti).


Caption Fragment of a Kabeiric black-figure skyphos with a scene depicting god Kabeiros attending the birth of the first man

Mythic people Cabeiri (Divinities)

Type Clay object

Artist/Creator Kabeiros Painter

Origin Kabeirion, Thebes

Current position National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Index number A 10426

Dating 410-390 BC

LIMC Url

Notes

LIMV VI, 1: Mitos p. 626-627.

Category:Kabeiric skyphos NAMA 10426 - Wikimedia Commons 

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