Foundry Painter
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The Foundry Painter was an ancient Greek Attic red-figure vase painter of the Late Archaic period. His real name is unknown; the conventional name is derived from his most famous work, the Berlin Foun
Hetaira urinating into a vessel, tondo of a kylix "in the style of the Foundry Painter", ca. 480 BC. Berlin, Antikensammlung.
His name vase - the Berlin Foundry Cup.
Pankration wrestlers on a kylix, ca. 480 BC. London, British Museum.
Symposium (ancient Greece)
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In Ancient Greece, the symposium was the part of a banquet that took place after the meal, when drinking for pleasure was accompanied by music, dancing, recitals, or conversation. Literary works that
A symposium scene on a fresco in the Tomb of the Diver from the Greek colony of Paestum, in Italy, 480–470 BC
A female aulos-player entertains men at a symposium on this Attic red-figure bell-krater, c. 420 BC.
Plato's Symposium, depiction by Anselm Feuerbach
Banquet scene from a Temple of Athena (6th century BC relief)