Illustration
A komast ('after-party reveler') plays his kithara. The body of the instrument is shown in red, the arms in white. The seven strings of the instrument can be clearly seen, also depicted in white.
Skyphos by the Theseus Painter illustrating Komasts. c. 500 BCE (Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens)
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