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Antimenes Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 530–510 BCE)

Antimenes Painter

Designed for use at a symposium, or drinking party, this large dinos has a wide mouth allowing easy access to its contents—wine mixed with water (and sometimes other ingredients for flavoring). While drinking, symposiasts would often recite poetry and celebrate the mythological exploits of gods and heroes, perhaps prompted by the images painted on their pottery. Here, the vase-painter clearly anticipated such use; when the vessel was full, the ships painted on the inside of the rim would appear to sail across the “wine-dark sea” (to borrow a phrase found frequently in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey). Other heroic scenes, including Herakles wrestling the Nemean lion and Theseus battling the Minotaur, appear on top of the rim, interspersed with chariots and anonymous combats.

Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).

Year in Review: 1971

Poseidon and the Sea: Myth, Cult, and Daily Life. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (February 8-May 11, 2014); Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL (organizer) (June 14-November 30, 2014).

Poseidon and the Sea: Myth, Cult, and Daily Life

The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, (30 June-5 September 1982).

A large, round, black ceramic bowl with an orange rim detailed with black silhouettes. Around the top of the rim are armored figures engaging in combat with weapons and horses. Around the outside of the rim are patterned designs, including hearts, and the inside of the rim features long ships sailing.

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Ancient Greek Art in 60 Seconds: Black-Figure Dinos

Black-Figure Dinos (Mixing Vessel): Warships (Int.); Heroic Scenes (Top)

Join Seth Pevnick, Curator of Greek and Roman Art, to learn more about the figural decoration on this <a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1971.46">Black-Figure Dinos (Mixing Vessel)</a>