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Robinson, Baltimore, MD, (by 1937-1958), bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1960. Jacob Hirsch, Geneva and Lucerne, (by 1937), sold to David M.

View this object's location on our interactive mapģ6.1 cm h x 39.6 cm diam. The vessel was exported to Gela, a Greek city in Sicily (Italy).īell Krater (bowl for mixing wine and water): Torch RaceĪlternate Title: Red-figure Bell Krater: Torch Race with Prize Hydria Three YouthsĬreation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Gela (Sicily) The olive tree at right suggests that the race honored the goddess Athena and was an Athenian event. Their bulky bodies and tiny genitalia express physical aptitude and sexual modesty. Reflecting actual practice, the youthful runners are shown nude (“gymnastics” comes from Greek gymnos, “naked”). On this mixing bowl for wine and water, competitors in a torch race run toward an altar with a man in priestly robes and the metal water jar (hydria) awarded to the victor. Ancient Greek athletic games took place in a religious context.

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