youth riding a rooster is a red-figure plate painted by epiktetos about 520–510 bc. its diameter measures 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm). the plate is in the metropolitan museum of art in new york city. it shows a boy riding a rooster. it was a rare subject among ancient artists. it probably references homosexual relations between older men and youths. it also references the practice among greek males of giving a rooster as a love gift.