Terracotta psykter (vase for cooling wine). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: Overall: 13 5/8 x 11in. (34.6 x 28cm). Date: ca. 520-510 B.C..
Athletes practicing in gymnasium
The name of each figure is inscribed: the flute player, Smikythos; the diskos thrower, Antiphanes, and his trainer, Antimenes; the broad jumper, Dorotheos ("he is going to jump"); the javelin thrower, Batrrachos; Kleainethos, the judge crowning the boy fair Epainetos, and his trainer, Alketes. Two inscriptions refer to the vase itself: "drink me" and "I open my mouth wide.".