oil on canvas8" x 10" #7- The Vase. The main reason our fathers painted eyes was for their apotropaic powers. Our ancestors painted them on their wine cups, called kylix, to avert evil while they were drinking and their guard was down. The ancients also painted eyes on amphorae and kraters and believed they endowed the vases with sight; in the case of the kylix, the eyes were those of Dionysos, who watched over his intoxicated disciples, maeneads and satyrs as they reveled in orgiastic delight. Bacco gives soul to the wine. Mos Maiorum: In communion with the ancestors!
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