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title: Boeotian Pithos from Thebes
author: Dan Diffendale
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1009/boeotian-pithos-from-thebes/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Boeotian Pithos from Thebes

_Authored by Dan Diffendale_

## Image File

[![Boeotian Pithos from Thebes](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1009.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1009.jpg)

## Image Caption

A Boeotian early orientalizing pithos-[amphora](https://www.worldhistory.org/Amphora/) depicting a lion, 670-660 BCE, [Thebes](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Thebes/). (National Archaeological Museum, [Athens](https://www.worldhistory.org/Athens/)).

## Cite This Work

### APA
Diffendale, D. (2013, January 08). Boeotian Pithos from Thebes. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1009/boeotian-pithos-from-thebes/>
### Chicago
Diffendale, Dan. "Boeotian Pithos from Thebes." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 08, 2013. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1009/boeotian-pithos-from-thebes/>.
### MLA
Diffendale, Dan. "Boeotian Pithos from Thebes." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Jan 2013, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1009/boeotian-pithos-from-thebes/>.

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