Attic red-figure pelike depicting a victory in a dithyrambic contest
A Nike attempts to restrain a bull. A second Nike on the right is about to crown with a colored ribbon the animal, which is then to be sacrificed. The scene is unfolded in front of a large tripod on a high base, the symbol of the first prize at a theatrical, musical or athletic contest.
- Athens, National Archaeological Museum, inv. n. A 16260
- About 430 – 420 BC
- H. 0.37 m. Rim diam. 0.20 m.
- Clay
- Provenance: Voula, Attica
Bibliography
- BAPD 214856.
- Kaltsas. N, (Ed.), (2004). Agon. The Spirit of Competition in Ancient Greece, Exhibition catalogue, Capital Museum, Beijing, July 31 – October 14, 2008, in A. Alexandropoulou, 256, no. 151, Athens: Ministry of Culture.
