Apulian Red Figure Krater 4th century b.c.
On loan, Philadelphia Museum of Art
L-64-42 detail
Scene of sacrifice, perhaps from a play. A grotesque bearded man, perhaps
a slave, wearing a short chiton, high sandals and pointed straw hat, stands
in front of an altar. He holds a libation pitcher and large knife. A second
comic or bearded, mustachioed male, wearing a tall felt hat and short chiton,
holds a sheep over an altar. A woman holds out a ritual winnowing basket,
used in the rites of Demeter and Dionysus.
Photo courtesy Mediterranean Section, Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum.