AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED KYLIX
ATTRIBUTED TO ONESIMOS, CIRCA 490-480 B.C.
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED KYLIX ATTRIBUTED TO ONESIMOS, CIRCA 490-480 B.C. The tondo with a hoplitodromos , the nude athlete bending forward, griping the nose-guard of a crested Corinthian helmet in his right hand, his left arm passing through the armband of a circular shield, gripping the handle, wearing a fillet in added red, ho pais [k]alos in the field, enclosed within a border of interlocking meander pairs with the "odd man out" at eleven o'clock; one side of the exterior with a young trainer ( paidotribe ) between two acontists, the trainer wearing a voluminous himation and a wreath, leaning on a knobbed staff, the two athletes depicted nude, each wearing a fillet in added red and holding a blunt practice javelin, [h]o pais k[alos] in the field; the other side with three nude athletes, the left and central figures each holding a javelin, wearing fillets in added red, the central figure additionally holding a throwing cord ( ankyle ) in added red in his right hand, ho pais kalos in the field, a pick-axe below one handle 9 1/8 in. (23.1 cm.) diameter excluding handles
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED KYLIX
ATTRIBUTED TO ONESIMOS, CIRCA 490-480 B.C.
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED KYLIX ATTRIBUTED TO ONESIMOS, CIRCA 490-480 B.C. The tondo with a hoplitodromos , the nude athlete bending forward, griping the nose-guard of a crested Corinthian helmet in his right hand, his left arm passing through the armband of a circular shield, gripping the handle, wearing a fillet in added red, ho pais [k]alos in the field, enclosed within a border of interlocking meander pairs with the "odd man out" at eleven o'clock; one side of the exterior with a young trainer ( paidotribe ) between two acontists, the trainer wearing a voluminous himation and a wreath, leaning on a knobbed staff, the two athletes depicted nude, each wearing a fillet in added red and holding a blunt practice javelin, [h]o pais k[alos] in the field; the other side with three nude athletes, the left and central figures each holding a javelin, wearing fillets in added red, the central figure additionally holding a throwing cord ( ankyle ) in added red in his right hand, ho pais kalos in the field, a pick-axe below one handle 9 1/8 in. (23.1 cm.) diameter excluding handles
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.jpg "Source: Christie's")
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