An Attic Black Figure Dot Ivy Class Olpe, ca. 6th century BCE Lofoten It shows an upright seated

It shows an upright seated cat with alert ears on a small base

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An Attic Black Figure Dot Ivy Class Olpe, ca. 6th century BCE Lofoten It shows an upright seatedThe olpe is a type of wine pitcher that resembles a modern tankard in shape. It is a very common type of vase in Athenian black figure vase painting in the late sixth century B. C., from about 525 to about 500 B. C. Dionysos, the wine god and his male and female companions (satyrs and maenads) are often depicted on olpai, that subject being appropriate for the use of the shape, of course. On this vase, Dionysos holds a drinking horn (rhyton), and the