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The poet and musician Mousaios and the Muse Calliope are depicted both on the cup’s medallion and on its exterior. Calliope wears a long chiton and holds a phiale (vessel for libations) and an oenochoe in her hands. Mousaios wears a laurel wreath, and a himation that partially covers his body. He holds a lyre either alone or together with the Muse Calliope. The figures are identified thanks to inscriptions.
Caption Attic red-figured cup with Mousaios and Calliope
Mythic people Kalliope (Muse) ,Musaeus (Musician, poet, soothsayer)
Type Clay object
Artist/Creator Calliope Painter, Attic workshop
Current position Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Index number 666-1864
Dating 450 BC
Notes
BAPD 217074, LONDON, VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM 666.64
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Τσιαφάκη Δ., Η Θράκη στην αττική εικονογραφία του 5ου αι. π.Χ. Προσεγγίσεις στις σχέσεις Αθήνας και Θράκης. Κομοτηνή, 1998, σ. 121.
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