Athenian lekythos of the Eretria Painter

Classification

red-figure pottery ; white-ground pottery ; lekythos

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 49.5 cm, diameter: 20.5 cm

Date

ca. 420 B.C.

Period

Classical Period (480–323)

Material

clay

Artist

Eretria Painter

Iconography

Achilles ; Patroklos ; Thetis ; Nereid ; Amazon ; Theseus ; weapon ; sword ; spear ; shield ; chair/throne ; Attic helmet ; bier ; greave ; quadriga

Production place

Athens

Findspot

Athens?

Present location

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Greek and Roman Art

Inventory

31.11.13

ID

Per-3258

References

Richter 1936, 175–178, no. 139, pls. 143, 144, 176; Wehgartner 1983, 107–108, no. 15, pl. 39

See the vase on the website of the Metropolitan Museum.

Trails

THE TROJAN EPIC CYCLE ; The Iliad

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