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Fig. 2. Black-figured neck-amphora.Attributed to
the Prometheus Painter. Attic, about 570 B.C.
Height I2%' inches. Decorated with animals and
monsters,and thefight of Memnon and Achilles (his
name is inscribed) in thepresenceof Eos and Thetis,
ChristosBastis Gift Fund, 1959
their mothers
Fig. i. Geometricstrainer-jug. Attic, vmI century
Height 81 inches. The neck is decoratedon
each side with two water birds Rogers Fund, 1960
B.C.
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Fig. 3. Black-figuredkylix. Attributedto the Manner
of the Arkesilas Painter. Laconian, mid-vI century
B.C. Height 5 inches, diameter of bowl 78 inches.
Inside the bowl, Herakles and the CretanBull, with
a siren above
Gift of Nicolas Koutoulakis, 1959
Fig. 4. Black-figured panel amphora (type A). Attributed to the Lysippides Painter. Attic, about 520 B.C.
Height 2015/16inches. Left, the apotheosisof Herakles. Athena is stepping into the chariot; Dionysos, Persephone,
and Hermes stand around the horses. Right, two warriors fighting over the body of a fallen comrade. The
combatantsmay be Achilles and Memnon, with their motherslooking on.
Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Lewis Landes, 1958
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Fig. 5. Black psykter. Attic, late vi century B.C.
Height, with lid, z/8 inches. Capacity 3 quarts
o1ounces. The vase could be carriedby a cord which
passed throughthe double tubes on the sides (see pp.
141-r46). An X-shapedgraffitoappearson the undersides of the base and the lid to enable the potter or
vendorto match the two.
Rogers Fund, 1960
Fig. 6. Red-figuredhydria. Apulian, iv centuryB.C.
Height I32 inches. A richly adornedEros sits on a
rock, holding a libation bowl; facing him stands a
woman who carries a mirror and a bunchof grapes.
Gift of Richard C. Patterson, Jr., 1958
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