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335 - Palaistra scenes
palaistra

palaistra

palaistra

palaistra

palaistra

DATE ca. 460 BC
AUTHOR the Penthesilea painter - Athens, Attica, Greece
MEDIA Ceramic - red-figure wine cup (kylix)
SIZE 9,8 cm (3" 7/8) tall; 23,8 cm (9" 3/8) diameter
LOCATION USA - Boston - Museum of Fine Arts
NOTES Interior: Youth talking and gesticulating to a seated youth. Inscription in field: "KALOS HO PAIS" "the boy is beautiful"
Exterior: One side depicts a boy bending into a runner's starting position, a trainer with a switch, and a boy holding a jumping weight (halter). The other side shows another trainer with a switch, a boy holding javelins and a discus bag, and another boy about to soften the ground for the runners with a pick ax. Inscriptions in field. "KALOS HO PAIS" "the boy is beautiful" (four times on exterior; all are misspelled)
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