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Youth with drawn sword.
As he advances, the youth prepares to thrust with the sword in his right hand while his outstretched left arm, covered by a cloak, provides balance. This pose imitates that of Aristogeiton in the statues of the Tyrannicides.
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Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 475–450 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:
Diameter: 2 7/16 × 1 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (6.2 × 3.8 × 4.8 cm)
Height: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
Accession Number: 41.162.206
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