Sculpture / -400 to -300
Stater coin of Abdera showing young Kalathiskos dancer
Relief in silver coin (2.8 cm diam)
400 B.C., approximately
Abdera, Greece.
Detail: The young female dancer in short chiton pirouettes on the tips of her toes. This is a typical Laconian (i.e. from Sparta) dance movement (Karyatizein) performed by the Karyatid virgins in honour of Artemis at Karyes in Laconia.
Athens, Greece.
Gold band diadem, probably representing a Dionysiac thiasos (performing group for the god Dionysos)
Relief hammered gold strip (29 cm length x 1.8 cm width)
315 B.C., approximately
Found in a grave at Amphipolis. The diadem bears holes for tying it on the head with a ribbon. 23 figures, among them Maenads and girls dancers with Kalathiskos on their heads
Greece.