The Chaire Painter is named for the inscriptions on his vases, which often read “cairi,” or “hi!”  The kylix was a drinking cup typically used at male symposia, where men would gather for drinking, music, and entertainment.  Women were not permitted at symposia, except as musicians, or concubines (hetairai), like the one shown here, who is preparing to bathe by using a cord to pull a water jug out of a large pithos, or storage vase.