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The Laconian Hound

This rhyton, which is a type of drinking horn or pourer, is ornamented with the head of a dog very similar to the Laconian described by Xenophon.


The red-figure vessel, which dates to about 350-325 BC, a generation before the birth of Xenophon, is in the Louvre (Paris).

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