Cheiron Vase

• The Cheiron Vase was dated c. 380 BC
• The Cheiron Vase was found in south Italy
• The Cheiron vase is a parody of the myth of the Centaur Cheiron (wounded by Herakles) visiting the temple of Apollo, greeted by Xanthias
• The Cheiron vase tells us about Greek comedy because it shows us

  • Physical / slapstick humour
  • raised stage
  • skene
  • Porch overhang
  • costumes
  • masks
  • comic phallus
  • padded bottoms
• name the figures

  A) Xanthias

  B) Cheiron

  C) Achilles

  D) Nymphs