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  myancientworld:

  hehasawifeyouknow:

  This could be my favourite Greek drinking vessel ever!

  ancientpeoples:

  Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in the Shape of a Donkey Head

  c. 460 BC

  Greek, Attica

  This drinking cup could not have been set down without its contents spilling. It is fashioned after the head of a bridled donkey with a white muzzle, teeth, and ears. Like the naked satyr chasing a fleeing maenad on the vessel’s neck, the donkey belongs to the retinue of the wine god Dionysos. Douris, one of the great Athenian vase painters of first half of the fifth century B.C., decorated this amusing cup.

  Source: The Art Institute of Chicago

  In the morning, I’m making WAFFLES

  This cup has a built-in drinking game: it can’t be put down until empty.

  
  

  05/18/13