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Ian, 19, Liverpool :)
Full time Ancient History and Archaeology student, part time alcoholic. Superhero in training. You'll find me all over the internet under some variant of this name <3
sexartandpolitics: centuriespast: Drinking cup (kylix) with erotic sceneGreek, Late Archaic Period, about 480 B.C.DourisPlace of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, GreeceHeight: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); diameter: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.)Ceramic, Red FigureInscriptions: “the girl is pretty” (HE PAIS KALE) (above their heads), and “Hold still!”(HEXE HESUXOS) (issuing from the man’s mouth) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Teehee :) This photo was in a lecture we had a few months back :)

sexartandpolitics:

centuriespast:

Drinking cup (kylix) with erotic scene
Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 480 B.C.
Douris

Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Height: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); diameter: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Ceramic, Red Figure

Inscriptions: “the girl is pretty” (HE PAIS KALE) (above their heads), and “Hold still!”(HEXE HESUXOS) (issuing from the man’s mouth)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 Teehee :)

This photo was in a lecture we had a few months back :)

centuriespast   08.26.10