/internal/media/dispatcher/1012854/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDrinking cup (kylix) depicting scenes from the Odyssey550–525 B.C.the Painter of the Boston PolyphemosHeight: 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.); diameter: 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.)Ceramic, Black FigureHenry Lillie Pierce Fund99.5181Side A: Circe and the companions of Odysseus, eight figures. Circe appears in center mixing her potion for Odysseus' men. The men have animal heads and arms, but retain their human lower bodies. Eurylochus escapes the scene at far right and Odysseus enters at far left.
Side B: Odysseus in the cave of Polyphemos, seven figures. Polyphemos is the central figure, kneeling on one knee in a state of drunkenness. Odysseus' companions bring more wine from the left. Odysseus appears at right with an oinochoe containing more wine. Athena stands behind Odysseus, as his guardian.
Meaningless inscriptions. A large break in B.
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