Hydria: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos

Hydria by the Meidias Painter, c. 410 bc; in the British Museum

Hydria, a large water vessel used in ancient Greece.

Boreas abducting Oreithyia, detail of an Attic hydria, 5th century bc; in the Vatican Museum.

“Phaon in a Bower with Demonassa,” hydria by the Meidias Painter, c. 410 bc; in the Museo Archeologico, Florence

See All Images →

Topics

Greek pottery Amphora Alabastron Krater Lekythos aryballos Kylix Psykter Kantharos Oinochoe Red-figure pottery

Key People

Berlin amphora

Berlin Painter

Greek artist

Theseus killing the Minotaur

Kleophrades Painter

Greek artist

Hydria by the Meidias Painter, c. 410 bc; in the British Museum

Meidias Painter

Greek artist