Taplin, Oliver, and Rosie Wyles: The Pronomos Vase and its Context. 300 pages, illustrated. Hardback. The Pronomos Vase, depicting a crowd of 31 labeled theatrical and Dionysian figures, is one of the most celebrated works associated with the ancient Greek theatre. Made in Athens ca. 400 BCE, discovered in a tomb at Ruvo di Puglia in 1835, and taken off display after the Irpinia earthquake in 1980, this red-figure volute krater now resides in the storerooms of the Museo Nazionale in Naples.
The Pronomos Vase, depicting a crowd of 31 labeled theatrical and Dionysian figures, is one of the most celebrated works associated with the ancient Greek theatre. Made in Athens ca. 400 BCE, discovered in a tomb at Ruvo di Puglia in 1835, and taken off display after the Irpinia earthquake in 1980, this red-figure volute krater now resides in the storerooms of the Museo Nazionale in Naples.