Amphora with Dionysos in the Getty Villa, July 2008

Storage Jar with Dionysos
Greek, made in Athens, about 510 BC
Terracotta
Black-figured neck amphora

Inventory # 86.AE.79

Dionysos and his retinue were the most common subjects painted on amphorae, vessels typically used to store wine. In the center of this example, Dionysos is flanked by a satyr and a maenad. The god holds a kantharos (ritual cup), and vines with grape clusters cascade around him.

Text from the Getty Villa museum label.