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H: 11.9 cm ; Dia: 31.2 cm ; L: 38.9 cm
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Dates to c. 480 BCE and was painted and made by Douris and Python. The gymnasium was a place for homosexual relationships between the older male teachers and their younger male students, with hares being a gift symbolizing this courtship in the early 500s BCE (The J. Paul Getty Trust, 2017).
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Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program
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Red-figure attic cup with scenes of young boys and their teachers in an educational context. The inside depicts an older bearded male facing a male youth holding a lyre. An inscription is written on the inside of the decorative border: 'DORIS .GRAPHSEN' meaning 'Doris painted this'. The exterior depicts ten male figures, four seated youths and five standing bearded males. One of the youths holds a hare in his lap. In the background lyres, aryballoi, sponges, and string bags with knuckle bones are depicted (The J. Paul Getty Trust, 2017). Two inscriptions are on the exterior: 'HIPPODAMAS KALOS' and 'HIPPODAMAS []LOS' meaning 'Hippodamas is beautiful' (The J. Paul Getty Trust, 2017).
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Gallery 207
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Athens
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Greece
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