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Exekias: Greek amphora depicting Achilles slaying Penthesilea

Amphora, a storage jar used in ancient Greece.

“Dionysus and the Maenads,” amphora by the Amasis Painter, c. 530 bc; in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris

black-figure pottery

Figure 4: Amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a board game, painted by Exekias, c. 550-540 BC. In the Vatican Museum. Height 61 cm.

Exekias: amphora with Ajax and Achilles

Hermes striding past the satyr Orcimachos, the Berlin amphora by the Berlin Painter, c. 490 bc; in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany.

Etruscan amphora of bucchero ware

Euthymides: Hector donning his breastplate

perfume vase (amphoriskos)

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Exekias: Greek amphora depicting Achilles slaying Penthesilea

Amphora, a storage jar used in ancient Greece.

“Dionysus and the Maenads,” amphora by the Amasis Painter, c. 530 bc; in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris

black-figure pottery

Figure 4: Amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a board game, painted by Exekias, c. 550-540 BC. In the Vatican Museum. Height 61 cm.

Exekias: amphora with Ajax and Achilles

Hermes striding past the satyr Orcimachos, the Berlin amphora by the Berlin Painter, c. 490 bc; in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany.

Etruscan amphora of bucchero ware

Euthymides: Hector donning his breastplate

perfume vase (amphoriskos)

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“Dionysus Crossing the Sea,” interior of a kylix (shallow drinking cup) by Exekias, c. 535 bc; in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich

Exekias

Greek artist

Hermes striding past the satyr Orcimachos, the Berlin amphora by the Berlin Painter, c. 490 bc; in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany.

Berlin Painter

Greek artist

Theseus killing the Minotaur

Kleophrades Painter

Greek artist

Achilles Painter

Greek painter

“Dionysus and the Maenads,” amphora by the Amasis Painter, c. 530 bc; in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris

Amasis Painter

Greek artist

Euthymides: Hector donning his breastplate

Euthymides

Athenian vase painter