Detail of the Terracotta Neck Amphora by the Prometheus Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 2007

Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar)
Attic, black-figure, ca. 570-560 BC
Atributed to the Prometheus Painter

Accession #: 59.11.25

On the front, the Greek hero Achilles defeats Memnon, an ally of the Trojans who has fallen to one knee. The name "Achilles" is inscribed. The battling heroes are flanked by their mothers, Eos behind Memnon and Thetis behind Achilles. During the first half of the 6th century BC Attic vase painters often combined mythological scenes with friezes of strolling animals.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.