Attic black-figure skyphos depicting runners
Both sides of the vase depict three naked youths running, flanked by two spectators or judges. The wide stride of the athletes, the leaning forward of their bodies, and their widely extended arms suggest that they are competing in the stadion, i.e. the sprint race.
The holes on the body and the handle of the skyphos reveal that it was repaired in ancient times. On the lower part of the body, on one side of the vase, the graffito “TIM” probably indicates the owner’s name.
- Athens, National Archaeological Museum, inv. n. Α 638
- Ca 540 BC
- Clay
- H. 0.136 m. Rim diam. 0.182-0.184 m. Foot diam. 0.111 m.
- Provenance: Unknown
Bibliography
- BAPD 300862
- Kaltsas. N, (Ed.), (2008). Agon. The Spirit of Competition in Ancient Greece in C. Avronidaki, 178, no 78, Athens: Ministry of Culture.
