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title: Black-Figure Warrior Scene
author: Mark Cartwright
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3381/black-figure-warrior-scene/
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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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# Black-Figure Warrior Scene

_Authored by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/)_

## Image File

[![Black-Figure Warrior Scene](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3381.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3381.jpg)

## Image Caption

A scene depicting warriors fighting over a corpse, probably a scene from the [Iliad](https://www.worldhistory.org/iliad/) and the fallen warrior is Patrokles. Attic black-figure kalyx krater, c. 530 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, [Athens](https://www.worldhistory.org/Athens/))

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## About the Author

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Cartwright, M. (2014, December 21). Black-Figure Warrior Scene. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3381/black-figure-warrior-scene/>
### Chicago
Cartwright, Mark. "Black-Figure Warrior Scene." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 21, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3381/black-figure-warrior-scene/>.
### MLA
Cartwright, Mark. "Black-Figure Warrior Scene." *World History Encyclopedia*, 21 Dec 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3381/black-figure-warrior-scene/>.

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