Athenian black-figure amphora: Gigantomachy; the judgment of Paris
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Athenian black-figure lekythos

Athenian black-figure amphora: Runners, The birth of Athena

Classification
belly amphora; black-figure pottery
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 37.6 cm, diameter (mouth): 15.7 cm
Date
ca. 530 B.C.
Period
Archaic Period (700–480)
Material
clay
Artist
Swing Painter
Iconography
footrace; male figure; Zeus; Eileithyia; spectator; lotus pattern
Production place
Athens
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Apponyi, Sándor (1844–1925); Budapest, National Széchényi Library
Inventory
51.21
ID
Hyp-10
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art; LIMC II (1984)
Trails
Sport; Myths of gods and heroes
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