Kylix. Young girl playing with a spinning top

She holds a small whip to rotate it.

5th century B.C.

Brussels,Royal Museum of Art and History

Inv. A.891

Attic cup tondo. Flat interior circle of the base of the cup

480 BC Athens, Greece Painter of Brygos Ceramic Inv.R 350

This boy is playing with his dog. This is a common scene in Ancient Greece, many children had a pet.

Chous 440-420 BC

Inv. A.906

Terra-cotta, red-figure technique

Running boy holds torch and chous; Little dog. Royal Museums of Arts and History, Brussels.

Choes (sing. chous) were jugs associated with the children in ancient Greece. When boys were 3 years old, they were given a chous with wine at Anthesteria festival. They would be allowed to drink the wine to prove that they were on their way to being men. Sometimes choes were put in the graves of children.

Chous 440-420 BC

Inv. A.2318

Terra-cotta, red-figure technique

Two Boys holding torch, chous and ritual cake. Royal Museums of Arts and History, Brussels.

Toward the end of the 5th century B.C., Athenian potters and painters created a large number of miniature oinochoai (sing. oinochoe), or pitchers, decorated with children at play or imitating adults. It is thought that they were given to the youngest members of the family during the Anthesteria, a three-day celebration of the new vintage of wine and the arrival of spring. These little vessels are called choes (sing. chous), which means libations, after the name of the second day of the festival.

Chous 440-420 BC

Inv. A.2319

Terra-cotta, red-figure technique

Boy drawing another in a cart. Royal Museums of Arts and History, Brussels.