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title: Neck Amphora with Theseus Slaying the Minotaur
author: British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21326/neck-amphora-with-theseus-slaying-the-minotaur/
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updated: 2025-11-18
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# Neck Amphora with Theseus Slaying the Minotaur
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21326.jpg)
## Image Caption
Ancient [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) neck [amphora](https://www.worldhistory.org/Amphora/), from the [Etruscan](https://www.worldhistory.org/Etruscan_Civilization/) [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of [Vulci](https://www.worldhistory.org/Vulci/) in the modern-day Lazio region of [Italy](https://www.worldhistory.org/italy/), 510-500 BCE.
[Theseus](https://www.worldhistory.org/Theseus/), standing to the right, wears a richly patterned tunic and a lion's skin. In a decisive moment, he leans in, restraining the [Minotaur](https://www.worldhistory.org/Minotaur/) by its horn with one hand while plunging his sword into its chest.
British Museum, London.
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