pots

Question 1

Answer 1

thesmophoriazuase vase
featuring the play women at the Thesmophoria from 411 BC found in Italy

evidence for:
-masks
-pot mirrors the play
-Euripides plays being well known in southern Italy

Question 2

Answer 2

an auletes is shown playing an aulos which is a common motif indicating theatre or a choral theme
people dressed as birds and the vine in the background is indicative of Dionysus

Question 3

Answer 3

predates Euripides Bacchae
1 among many

dismemberment pictured in grisly detail
a satyr oversees the event showing Dionysus influence

panther skins emblems of the god
shows maenads power over animals

Question 4

Answer 4

tragic actors dressing 450 BC
can be compared to pronomos vase

actors who are men that are dressing like women

mask- gaping mouth
boots- kothornio for movement

Question 5

Answer 5

shows a tragic chorus in action
masks:
-similar details on faces
-hair extended chins and gaping mouths
clothing:
-they are barefoot which is traditional for a chorus
-nearly identical attire
-tops resemble military breastplates, so could be doing the pyrriche
-all in the same position could be singing or dancing-> choreographed

Question 6

Answer 6

choregos vase
scene from a comedy
direct comparison between comic and tragic costume
Aegisthus- tragic actor dressed in stylised clothing and kothornoi with a serious expression
comic actors- grotesque masks padded costumes and visible phallus

Question 7

Answer 7

Perseus pot
only vase which shows a stage and an audience
comic actor could be perseus with medusas head and a sickle
dancing or flying as he does in the myth
lines around wrists and ankles show costume
visible phallus
klismoi- chairs in prohedria

vase is slightly reconstructed