Our vase is a copy in smaller scale of the famous ancient greek black figured pottery amphora known as achilles and penthesilea which is exhibited in the british museum in london.
Achilles greek ceramics.
These sections were then joined together with a clay slip after drying and it is possible in many cases to see the prints of the potter impressed on the inside of the vessel.
Achilles was the son of peleus a greek king and thetis a sea nymph or goddess.
Ancient greek pottery due to its relative durability comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient greece and since there is so much of it over 100 000 painted vases are recorded in the corpus vasorum antiquorum it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of greek society the shards of pots discarded or buried in the 1st millennium bc are.
6629 museo archeologico di lecce achille vaso attico foto di giovanni dall orto 10 ott 2015 jpg 3 648 5 472.
Exekias amphora achilles and ajax engaged in a game was created in c 530 bc by ancient greek pottery in archaic style.
Made in greece handmade hand painted dimensions approximately.
31 cm 12 2in width.
In this period the surface of the pot was completely covered with a network of fine patterns in which circles and arcs predominate.
Greek pottery developed from a mycenaean tradition borrowing both pot forms and decoration.
The earliest stylistic period is the geometric lasting from about 1000 to 700 bce this period is further broken down into a proto geometric transition from mycenaean forms.
Media in category achilles in ancient greek pottery the following 134 files are in this category out of 134 total.
In greek mythology achilles ə ˈ k ɪ l iː z ə kil eez or achilleus ancient greek.
1 9 kgr 4 2 lb.
The heroes are achilles on the left and ajax on the right two of the great greek heroes featured in homer s iliad and exekias the potter who signed only two pots as the potter and the painter has identified these two figures by including their names above them but he s also telling us what s happening between the two.
Amphora achilles slaying penthesilea ancient greek vase pottery museum copy 530 bc made in greece handmade hand painted dimensions approximately.
Zeus the king of the gods and poseidon god of the sea had both fallen in love with thetis and were rivals for her hand in marriage.
Achilles most notable feat during the trojan war was the slaying of the trojan.
Who were achilles parents.
Greek pottery was invariably made on the potter s wheel and usually made in separate horizontal sections.
The foot the lower and upper body the neck and finally the handles if necessary.