Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Attributed to the Tithonos Painter

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 156

Athena holding spear and helmet

Athena, the warlike protector of Athens, appears alert but serene on this vase. Dressed in a full, richly decorated peplos with a diadem in her hair, she holds her helmet in one hand and her spear, pointed downward, in the other. Her aegis, the protective goatskin ringed with snakes' heads, acts as armor.

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Attributed to the Tithonos Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Attributed to the Tithonos Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Attributed to the Tithonos Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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