Choregos Vase

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  • Krater "Choregos Vase" or "Comic Angels
    • Object
      • red figure krater
      • Southern Italian
      • c. 400-380BC
      • Choregos Painter
      • (currently) J. Paul Getty Museum, California
    • Depiction
      • scene from comedy
        • both comic and tragic actor
      • four figures low stage
        • two choregos
          • one is much older than another (grey hair and beard)
        • Aegisthus
        • Pyrrhias
      • Aegisthus dressed tragically
        • ornate and stylised clothing, laced korthornoi and serious expression
        • has also entered from a doorway
      • Pyrrhias stood on a basket
    • Significance
      • potentially depicts a comic competition between Aegisthus and Pyrrhias
        • Aegisthus represents tragedy
        • Pyrrhias represents comedy
      • allows direct comparison between the costumes of comedy and tragedy
      • use of a skene

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