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Proto-Geometric Amphora.
10th century BC, Dipylon Cemetery,Keramikos Museum, Athens,
Approximately 16 1/2" high (GD: 5-1)
Dipylon Amphora (Geometric Vase).
8th century BC,
National Museum, Athens, Approximately 60" high (GD:5-2; HA: 179; H&F: 4.1)
Dipylon Krater
8th century BC, Dipylon Cemetery, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Approximately 40 1/2" high (GD: 5-3; JN: 135)
The Blinding of Polyphemus and Gorgons.
Proto-Attic Amphora,c675-650 BC
Museum, Eleusis 56" high (JN: 137, HA: 181; GD: 5-4)
Warriors Marching to Battle.
Chigi Vase, c640-630 B.C., Villa Giulia, Rome (SC: 86; HA: 182)
Dionysos Sailing over the Sea
Attic Black-figure Kylix, Exekias ,c550-525 B.C.,
Staatliche Antikensammlung und Glyptothek, Munich, 12" in diameter (GD: 5-7; JN: 140; HA: 206)
Achilles Slaying Penthesileia
Penthesileia Amphora, Exekias, c525 B.C., British Museum, London (SA: 15)
Penthesileia Kylix, Penthesileia Painter, c460 B.C.,16 7/8" wide (PO: 9)
Woman Preparing for the Underworld
Lekythos, Deceased Woman Preparing for the Underworld, Phiale Painter, c440-430 B.C., Munich, Painting on white ground
Geometric amphora from the Dipylon.
The band in the height of the handles includes a metope with the main scene of the
prothesis of the deceased (laying out of the dead on a couch).
The vase was used as a funerary monument at the Dipylon of
Kerameikos, in Athens, and it is the work of the "Dipylon
painter". Dated to the middle of the 8th century B.C. Inv. no.
804.
Early black-figure attic amphora.
The neck of the vase bears the representation of Herakles killing the Centaur Nessos. On the
belly, two fearsome Gorgons are depicted running to the right and
behind them the mythical Medusa, decapitated by Perseus. It was
found in Athens, on Peireos street and it is the most
characteristic work of the "Nessos painter". Dated to ca. 620
B.C. Inv. no. 1002.
Corinthian Black-Figure Amphora with Animal Friezes.
Greek, Orientalizing Period(Period Date c. 700-550 BC)
,Rhodes, c. 625-600 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora: Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game.
c. 540-530 B.C.
Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game (Detail of Amphora).
c. 540-530 BCE
Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater: Herakles Wrestling Antaios.
c. 510 BCE
Attic Red-Figure Amphora: Three Revelers.
c. 510 BCE
Attic Red-Figure Kylix (Interior): Girl Going to Wash
c. 490 BCE
Proto-Geometric Amphora.
Dipylon Amphora (Geometric Vase).
Dipylon Krater
The Blinding of Polyphemus and Gorgons.
Warriors Marching to Battle.
Dionysos Sailing over the Sea
Achilles Slaying Penthesileia
Penthesileia Kylix, Penthesileia Painter, c460 B.C.,16 7/8" wide (PO: 9)
Woman Preparing for the Underworld
Lekythos, Deceased Woman Preparing for the Underworld, Phiale Painter, c440-430 B.C., Munich, Painting on white ground
Geometric amphora from the Dipylon.
Early black-figure attic amphora.
Corinthian Black-Figure Amphora with Animal Friezes.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora: Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game.
Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game (Detail of Amphora).
Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater: Herakles Wrestling Antaios.
Attic Red-Figure Amphora: Three Revelers.
Attic Red-Figure Kylix (Interior): Girl Going to Wash