Cup with Pelops and Oenomaus

Name

Cup with Pelops and Oenomaus

Name of the artist

Sotades.

Material

Ceramics.

Techniques

Red figures.

When it was made

420 B.C.

Where it is to be seen now

Museo Provincial de Zaragoza.

Historical context of the pieze

King Oenomaus challenged the contender for his daughter Hippodamia’s hand in marriage to a chariot race. Oenomaus wished to avoid the oracle as it had been predicted that his son-in-law would kill him.

Pelops was victorious thanks to the golden chariot pulled by Pegasus, witnessing the death of Oenomaus when his chariot fell apart.