Detail of side B, left: a menage à trois; a nude youth, standing prof...

Detail of side A, far right: a heterosexual couple engaging in oral interc...

Detail of side A, right: a heterosexual couple engaging in oral intercours...

Detail of side B, right: the feet of at least two more individuals remain,...

Detail of the tondo, right: a girl and a youth embracing her

View of side B, from the left

Collection: Paris, Musée du Louvre
Summary: Tondo: An amorous youth, holding a cup and a staff, hugging a female lyre playerSides A and B: Individuals making love
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Painter: Attributed to the Pedieus Painter
Attributed By: J.D. Beazley
Date: ca. 520 BC - ca. 510 BC
Dimensions: H. 0.195 m; W. 0.32 m; Diam. (lip) ca. 0.25 m; Diam. (foot) 0.095 m
Primary Citation: ARV2, 86; Beazley Addenda 2, 170
Shape: Cup
Beazley Number: 200694
Period: Late Archaic


Shape Description: Type B

Inscriptions: There are several (repeated) kalos inscriptions. On the tondo: *E*P*I*L*U*K*O*S *K*A*L*O*S, "Epilykos is beautiful." *E*P*I*L*U[*K*O*S*K*A*L*O*S]. On side B: [*E*P*I]*L*U*K*O*S*K*A*L*O*S.

Sources Used: CVA, Louvre 19, III.Ib, pls. 68.1-2, 63.1-3