Detail of Lekythos with Amazonomachy

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Arienne King
by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 11 June 2021
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Bottom register of a red-figure lekythos. This scene depicts the Greeks, led by Theseus, engaged in combat with the Amazons led by Queen Hippolyte. Attributed to the Eretria Painter, c. 420 BCE. Attica. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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