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Fragment from Black-Figure Neck-Amphora of Panathenaic Shape (Storage Vessel): Apollo with Lyre

Fragment from Black-Figure Neck-Amphora of Panathenaic Shape (Storage Vessel): Apollo with Lyre

Black-figure Antimenes Painter · Amphora · c. 520 BCE

With so little preserved, the precise subject once shown on this vase remains uncertain. Along with Apollo playing his lyre, parts of the mane and reins of a horse remain, suggesting a chariot procession—perhaps for the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, an event attended by the Olympian gods.

Shape

Amphora

Technique

Black-figure

Date

c. 520 BCE

Culture

Greek, Attic

Painter

Antimenes Painter

Attribution

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