For the love of god, what are they doing on this vase

[recondicom]

It may seem, as others point out elusively, a relationship erestes/eromenoi. :mrgreen: Although, the style of the vase is more Olympic, and in most vases the erestes is depicted bearded and older. In Attica eromenoi were assiduously courted and object of street fights and loud arguments. This custom seems to have endured with the “Oxford way” (source Wikipedia); Princeton is also mentioned. Is not unusual to think of others like Harvard, Yale and the like. :roll:
It is possible that Sarmatians brought the custom to the Isles (Oxford); and is also possible that “prima nocti” is also Sarmatian as it was practiced in Babylonian temples; I may add that the name Cynthia :wink: might be related to Temple use.