Greek red-figure kylix with Bacchic scenes, attributed to the Oedipus Painter (Simon). A very fine early Classical Greek kylix. The tondo shows a maenad standing in a grotto forcing back a satyr with a thyrsus which she wields over her head. It seems clear that she has fled from the Dionysiac revels and sought refuge within the cave, but the satyr has followed her. He is getting the worst of the encounter and is about to be struck. Around the back of the satyr is the inscription ho pais kalos 'the boy is beautiful'. On side (a) Dionysus himself carrying a vine branch offers a kantharos to a satyr holding an oinochoe who seems to be pushing him away (refusing him more wine?). Two frenzied satyrs flank the scene. On side (b) four further bearded komast dancing figures wearing female chitons and himations and, in two cases, Lydian caps. One balances a large skyphos in his out-stretched hand. Palmettes in the handle zones. Recomposed from several pieces, though there are very few lacunae; just a couple of small areas on the reverse, which are obvious from the images. There is some slight misfiring.

The Oedipus Painter is an artist closely associated with Douris.