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: Attic red-figure Oinoche (wine jug) used for the Athenian festival of Anthesteria, in honour of Dionysos. Represents a young boy pulling another boy's chariot; maybe a parody of the hierogamy performed during the festival. Terracotta, ca. 430–/390 BC. Location: Louvre, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities (L71)

Photographer: Jastrow (2005)


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