Locus Ludi database: The Kottabos in the Greek World

Locus Ludi database: The Kottabos in the Greek World

Also known as: Locus Ludi

This research is part of the ERC Advanced grant project Locus Ludi (no. 741520), which intends to provide a benchmark by reconstructing the history of the ludic culture in the Greco-Roman world. The kottabos game, held at the end of the symposion, was an important moment of conviviality where the wine consumption plays a central role. Play of skills and dexterity it consists of throwing the last drop of wine from the cup towards a predetermined target. Representations of kottabos have been documented between the 6th and 3rd centuries B.C. on a wide variety of materials and media (figured pottery, mirrors, gems, reliefs, figurines, coins, funerary paintings) from various chrono-cultural areas, from Greece to the shores of Italy. This database compiles basic informations about known representations of the kottabos game on South Italian pottery, produced and distributed both in Greek and indigenous settlements. It includes short descriptions, images and links to other reference databases. The images of the objects are accessible online if the owning institution has given us permission for diffusion.

Type of Data

ImageText

Data Languages

EnglishFrench

Keywords

DionysosGameGreek vasesGreek worldIconographyKottabosSouth Italian potteryWine

Disciplines

10402 Archaeology10404 Visual arts and Art history

Temporal Coverage

Ancient Greek (culture or style) (en)Etruscan (culture or style) (en)South Italian (Greek pottery style) (en)

Spatial Coverage

Cite this Project

Citation

Attia (2024). Kottabos in the Greek World (2024). DaSCH, https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/0847.

Data Access

Access Rights
Full Open Access
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
(2023-12-04)

Copyright

Locus Ludi database: The Kottabos in the Greek World

Contact

Post-doc researcher
University of Fribourg, ERC Locus Ludi
alexandra.attia@unifr.ch

Project Timeline

Period
2017-10-01 – 2023-09-30
Status
Finished

Funding

Grants
European Research Council
Grant: 741520
ERC Advanced grant
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Data Management Plan
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