Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Athena Painter
Gigantomachy (battle of the gods and giants), with Hermes and Athena
In Athens, vases of this type were closely connected with funerary rites because of the importance of oil in preparing the body for burial and as an offering at the grave. This battle scene between the Olympian gods and the earth-born giants is painted in a modification of the black-figure style that uses a thin coat of white clay as background.
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