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The Oinochoe (or oenochoe) is one of the key forms of painted terracotta Greek pottery; it is a form of wine jug. The painted scene shows the goddess Athena alerting the heroes Ajax and Achilles, who are absorbed in a board game at the start of the Battle of Try. Attica, Greece, circa 520 BCE. (National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK)
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