Terracotta amphora (jar)

ca. 540–530 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 154

Obverse and reverse, warrior departing in quadriga (4-horse chariot)

A soldier bidding farewell to his parents was a popular subject in vase-paintings. Here he has mounted a chariot drawn by four horses; and his charioteer, dressed in a long white and red chiton, prepares to drive him to the battlefield. The great warriors of Homer's Iliad were conducted to and from combat in this way.

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Title: Terracotta amphora (jar)
Artist: Attributed to the Swing Painter
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 540–530 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions: H. 20 1/4 in. (51.5 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.230.8
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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