Almost all the figures look to the right, as you look at the vase, but there are ten exceptions out of the 27 figures: i) Satyr to the immediate left of Hephaistos, who is FF (wearing a mask). The vase itself is large, especially in its girth, and would certainly have taken two slaves to lift. It is bordered below by thinnish red bands. This is probably not deliberate, and shows that the artist was not perhaps as impressive as he might appear in the first instance. The main tableau is bordered above by alternating red and black tongues, that vary in size around the vase.
This is the way that the whole vase is put together with its various elements. Note the satyrs holding snakes, and another sneaking a drink from the top of a wine skin, and pulling the tall of the satyr in front, a mood of fun. Hephaistos is the character riding on a donkey, while Dionysus is walking. One side depicts one figure, the other side, the other figure. They are accompanied by satyrs (the ones with the tails) and maenads (the females wearing clothes and not tails). Same as the reverse belly of the Francois Vase, the return of Hephaistos from Mt. There is some very impressive incision work on the hems of the maenads. There are generally fewer incised details than in Kleitias' work with the exception of the stippling that creates the effect of hair on the satyrs, and the traces of white that remain on the maenads. His satyrs are not sexually active or rough, note the flaccid penises compared with those of the lower belly of the Francois Vase. Lydos painted both large and small pieces. Figures are much larger and more elaborate than those of Kleitias, but still very much the same in their style (figures up to 25 cm high). In other vases he painted the decoration was purely animal, unlike this one which is devoted to myth. High quality, but stylistically very similar to other vases, suggesting that he was a member of a larger workshop. An immigrant from Lydia in Asia Minor (hence Lydos ), but learnt his trade in Athens. Since the most famous piece of accompanying that he did was with Hephaistos, and the other character looks regal and is well adorned, who else could it be ? Convinced ? Neither am I, but it's right!! Some Extra Information 
He is also always accompanied by satyrs (the ones with tails) and maenads (the ones without tails, but accompanying satyrs!).
Dionysus is always portrayed as a bearded, gowned man carrying a vine prop, and wearing a wreath of some sort.
*How do we know who it is, since the characters aren't named in the same way they were on the Francois Vase? Easy.
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