Athenian black-figure dinos: the wedding of Peleus and Thetis
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Athenian black-figure hydria: Achilleus killing Troilos

Athenian black-figure hydria: Achilles waiting to ambush Troilos and Polyxena

Classification
black-figure pottery; hydria
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 40.1 cm; width (with handles): 35.2 cm; diameter: 28.9 cm
Date
560–550 B.C.
Period
Archaic Period (700–480)
Material
clay
Artist
Painter of London B76
Iconography
Achilles; warrior, soldier; spear; helmet; Polyxena; rider; horse; animal frieze; siren; Troilus; fountain house; rays pattern; panther; lion; ram; goat; shield, Boeotian; bird; hydria
Production place
Athens
Present location
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Greek and Roman Art
Inventory
45.11.2
ID
Per-6708

See the object on the website of the Metropolitan Museum and the Beazley Archive.

Trails
THE TROJAN EPIC CYCLE; Ten years of war
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