Two pentathletes


This painting on the inside of a cup shows two pentathletes: one throws a discus, the other a javelin. Two jumping weights hang at the ceiling and on the ground lays a pick-axe, used for making the sand in the sand pit soft before the long jump. On the cup is also an inscription about an athlete's beauty: "Panaitios is beautiful".

© KU Leuven, 2012