A man (left) stands in front of a group of three women. His arms are raised gesturing as if conducting music. He is bare-chested with a long length of fabric wrapped around his waist falling to his ankles. The three women are barefoot and dressed in chitons, the first two also wearing himations and head-coverings. The third woman is only partially visible, cut off at the edge of the vessel. They are holding hands as if for a line dance.

Side A of an Attic red-figure vessel in the shape of a knucklebone (astragalos), perhaps depicting Aeolus directing the dance of the clouds. The opening of the vessel may double as a representation of Aeolus' cave. Found on Aegina; attributed to the Sotades Painter.

Online Resources
British Museum 1860,1201.2
Subjects
Aeolus
Clouds
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
Agent
Sotades Painter
Date
ca. 470–450 BCE
Culture
Greek
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
h. 12.70 cm, l. 16.51 cm
Location
British Museum
Image Credit
© Trustees of the British Museum.