The moulded heads of a satyr and of a woman are joined back-to-back on this kantharos (drinking cup). Drinking from it, the (male) symposiast would have found himself confronted with 2 different images that represent opposites of himself. The same contrast is played out on the painted scene above, where wild Satyrs break into the civilized symposion. Greek, made in Athens, about 470 BCE. (The British Museum, London).
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