It’s Friday! Sit back, have a sip, and welcome the weekend with this casual five minute video featuring Jacob Coley, Director and Senior Specialist of Antiquities at Hindman, as he discusses an ancient Greek tradition centered around drinking wine called, the Symposium!
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Image IDs:
Image 1: Banquet scene from a Temple of Athena (6th century BC relief).
Source: Jastrow (2007)
Image 2: A female aulos-player entertains men at a symposium on this Attic red-figure bell-krater, c. 420 BC
Source: By Nikias Painter – Marie-Lan Nguyen (User: Jastrow), 2008-05-02, CC BY 2.5,
Image 3: Symposium scene with kottabos player (center). Fresco from the Tomb of the Diver, 475 BC. Paestum National Museum, Italy.
Source: Public Domain,
Image 4: Kottabos player flinging wine-dregs (Attic red-figure kylix, c. 510 BC).
Source: By Pamphaios, potter (signed) – User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, 2007-06-15, Public Domain,
Image 5: A Red-figured Psykter by Euphronios. On this psykter, Smikra is dedicating her turn to Leagros. The inscription says: `”Tin tande latasso leagre (I am throwing this for you, Leagros).”
Source:
Kylix (Included in Hindman’s Antiquities & Ancient Art auction, May 27, 2021):
Lot 98
An Attic Red-Figured Kylix
Attributed to the Tarquinia Painter, Circa 470-460 B.C.
Width 12 inches.
Provenance: F.B. Collection, Zurich, 1970s.
Note: An Etruscan graffito under the foot names the ancient owner, vipiies (Vibius).
Estimate: $15,000 – $20,000
Background Mosaics (Included in Hindman’s Antiquities & Ancient Art auction, May 27, 2021):
Lot 175
A Roman Mosaic Fragment Panel
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Height 12 1/2 x width 24 x depth 2 1/2 inches.
Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, Antiquities, 13 & 14 July 1987, Lot 310 (originally one mosaic).
Published: A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, Cambridge, 1882, p. 656, no. 136.
Note: From part of a floor discovered near Rome on Monte Rosario about half a mile beyond the Porta Portensis on the banks of the Tiber.
Brought to the U.K. in the 19th century by the 8th Lord Kinnaird (1780-1826), and formed part of the collection of Antiquities at Rossie Priory.
Estimate: $4,000 – $6,000
Lot 176
A Roman Mosaic Fragment Panel
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Height 12 1/2 x width 35 x depth 2 1/2 inches.
Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, Antiquities, 13 & 14 July 1987, Lot 310 (originally one mosaic).
Published: A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, Cambridge, 1882, p. 656, no. 136.
Note: From part of a floor discovered near Rome on Monte Rosario about half a mile beyond the Porta Portensis on the banks of the Tiber.
Brought to the U.K. in the 19th century by the 8th Lord Kinnaird (1780-1826), and formed part of the collection of Antiquities at Rossie Priory.
Estimate: $5,000 – $7,000