Amphora by the Nausicaa Painter

Question 1

inscribed with what?

Answer 1

Polygnotos painted

Question 2

how many scenes?

Answer 2

two

Question 3

First scene:
Women preparing what?
for what?
by adorning them with?
Which is?
behind the bulls are?

Answer 3

bulls
sacrifice
stemmata
woollen sacrificial fillets
tripons on raised platforms

Question 4

Second scene:
How many men?
How many women?
Gathered for what?
as indicated by? (2)
held by who?
The men are holding? (2)

Answer 4

2
2
libation
the oinochoe and phiale
one of the women
one a walking stick, the other a long pole (sceptre?)

Question 5

Purpose of amphora?
focusing on what?

Answer 5

commemorates a victory
two religious ceremonies as embodiments of the celebration

Question 6

date?

Answer 6

c.450BC

Question 7

Place of origin?

Answer 7

Attica - Athens

Question 8

Interpretation 1:
shows preparations before what?
Which competitions were tripods typical prizes for? (2)
suggesting what?
What do the two tripods suggest?
by who?
Who traditionally adorned bulls with stemmata?
Who may the two women here presonify? (2)

Answer 8

sacrifice
theatrical and musical
scene shows festival in a Dionisian sanctuary
a double victory celebration
a phyle (tribe)
young unmarried women
the phyle or Victory (Nike)

Question 9

Interpretation 2:
shows what?
What is the identity of the figures?
Who may the standing figure be? (2)

Answer 9

a libation about to be poured
unknown
Dionysos or a mythical king of Athens, patrons of phylai