Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
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.
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to the Tithonos Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 480 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); diameter 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1927
- Object Number: 27.122.6
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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