Detail of a Black Figure Lekythos with a Chariot and Athena in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018

Black-Figure Lekythos (Storage Vessel) (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

Date: ca. 510-500 B.C.

Culture: Greek (Attic)

Category: Ceramics
Containers-Vessels

Medium: terracotta

Collection: Ancient Art

Dimensions: Overall: 8 × 4 1/4 in. (20.32 × 10.8 cm)

Object Number: 60.21


“But Zeus’s daughter Athena spurred the Argives on-Athena first in glory, third-born of the gods-whenever she saw some slacker hanging back.” – Homer, Iliad


The goddess Athena accompanies three heavily armed soldiers (hoplites) as they charge into battle while a white-robed charioteer guides the chariot.


Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-98301996