ATTRIBUTED TO THE LEAGROS GROUP, CIRCA 525-500 B.C.

The body of this impressive hydria has an assembly of gods, with Apollo playing a kithara seated at the center. Dionysos stands before him holding a vine, which fills the space around him. Hermes stands behind, a flower in his hand, looking back towards Poseidon seated on a diphros okladias (folding stool) and holding a scepter and a fish. A goddess, possibly Amphitrite, is seated between them, holding a flower towards her face, and another, possibly Ariadne, sits at the far right, looking on. The shoulder scene depicts four armed horsemen all facing right, each accompanied by his trusty hound.

The Leagros Group, according to Beazley (Attic Black-figure Vase-painters, p. 354) "is a large and important group of black-figured vases contemporary with the red-figure work of the 'Pioneer' painters--Euphronios, Phintias, Euthymides, and their companions and immediate followers--resembling it in character, and produced in the same workshop or workshops."