Friday, April 15, 2022

 

At the Gym

Red-figure kylix attributed to the Foundry Painter, c. 500-475 BC, in the British Museum (1850.3-2.2):
Description from John Griffiths Pedley, Greek Art and Archaeology, 5th ed. (Boston: Prentice Hall, 2012), p. 222 (fig. 7.25):
At left, boxing match; in center, pankratiasts struggle; at right, a trainer about to whack contestant trying to gouge out his opponent's eye (a foul); behind, a discus hangs from the wall in a bag.



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