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This black-figure vessel portrays Amazon warriors and Greeks battling each other. Attributed to the Group of Rhodes, c. 540 BCE. Black-figure pottery. 12.9 x 25.4 cm (5 1/16 x 10 in). (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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