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LEAGROS GROUP. Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora, about 510 BC. Creator: Leagros Group.

Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora, about 510 BC. Storage Jar with Achilles and Ajax Gaming. Additional Info: Two warriors sit playing a board game, while the goddess Athena stands in front of the board and gestures. The warriors have their armor and weapons ready, as if just pausing during a break in the conflict. Based on similar scenes with inscriptions, the two warriors can be identified as Ajax and Achilles, the leading men in the Greek army. This scene was very popular in Athenian vase-painting of the late 500s BC and was a favorite of the painters in the Leagros Group. Some scholars believe that this mythological scene also served as a contemporary political parable on the value of staying alert, since the tyrant Peisistratos had been able to take control of the city of Athens while the army was distracted.

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Auteur: LEAGROS GROUP

Titre: Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora, about 510 BC. Creator: Leagros Group.

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Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora, about 510 BC. Storage Jar with Achilles and Ajax Gaming. Additional Info: Two warriors sit playing a board game, while the goddess Athena stands in front of the board and gestures. The warriors have their armor and weapons ready, as if just pausing during a break in the conflict. Based on similar scenes with inscriptions, the two warriors can be identified as Ajax and Achilles, the leading men in the Greek army. This scene was very popular in Athenian vase-painting of the late 500s BC and was a favorite of the painters in the Leagros Group. Some scholars believe that this mythological scene also served as a contemporary political parable on the value of staying alert, since the tyrant Peisistratos had been able to take control of the city of Athens while the army was distracted.

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Taille de l'image: 7074 × 8865 px | 179.4 MB

Taille d'impression: 59.9 × 75.1 cm | 2785.0 × 3490.2 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: ACHILLE • ACHILLE, HEROS • ACHILLE, ILIADE • AMPHORE • ARCHÉLOGIE • ARCHEOLOGIE • ARCHÉOLOLOGIE • ATHENES • COULEUR • DEESSE • GRAOUPE • GRECE • GROUPE • GUERRE DE TROIE: ACHILLE • HEROS: ACHILLE • ILIADE ACHILLE • JEU • LEAGROS GROUP • LOISIRS • MYTHE ACHILLE • MYTHE GREC: ACHILLE • OBJET • PEINTURE SUR VASE • RECIPIENT • RELIGION