Black figure oenochoe (chous)

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  • Black figure chous (oenochoe)
    • Object
      • 480 BC
      • Gela Painter
      • Black Figure Chous
      • Believed to be Attican
      • 16cm height, 10.5 diameter, 12/3 depth
      • (currently) British Museum, London
    • Depiction
      • two bearded figures
        • dressed as birds with purple crests on forehead and feathers on knees
      • auletes playing aulos (left
      • vine branches in the background
    • Significance
      • Symbolism of Dionysus
      • use of animal choruses
        • Which have been used by Aristophanes in 414BC

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