Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Attributed to the Oionokles Painter

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 156

Youth advancing with drawn sword

This bold youth has wrapped his cloak entirely around his outstretched left arm as he advances, ready to thrust with his sword, in the pose made famous by the statue of Aristogeiton, one of the slayers of the tyrant Hipparchos.

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

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

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