Existing comment:
Greek
Red-Figure Bull-Krater (Mixing Bowl), ca 380 BC
The phlyax play was a type of rustic South Italian comedy that parodies famous myths and plays and spoofed situations from daily life. South Italian vases showing these plays are especially valuable because the texts have not survived. Phlyax actors wore padded costumes and comic masks that identified the type of character they portrayed (here an old man and two slaves). |