Tripod Pyxis

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by Mark Cartwright
published on 05 January 2015

Tripod Pyxis — A black-figure tripod pyxis (lidded box) with scenes of an amazonomachy, Dionysos and Meaneads, and a woman driving a chariot. From the Kerameikos Athens, c 500 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

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Mark is a history writer based in Italy. His special interests include pottery, architecture, world mythology and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share in common. He holds an MA in Political Philosophy and is the Publishing Director at WHE.

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Cartwright, M. (2015, January 05). Tripod Pyxis. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3534/tripod-pyxis/

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