Attic black-figure cup depicting a chariot race

On the exterior, on both sides of the vase, within the handle zone, a chariot speeds to the left between two horizontal palmettes. The bearded charioteer, wearing a long chiton belted at the waist, leans forward in the two-wheel car holding the reins and a whip as he urges his horses to run faster.

The rim of the cup is decorated with palmettes alternating with lotus flowers, while on its interior, inside a medallion surrounded by a myrtle wreath, Herakles fights Nessos in the presence of Deianeira.

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  • Athens, National Archaeological Museum, inv. n. A 529
  • Ca 550 BC
  • H. 0.142 m. Diam rim 0.213 m.
  • Clay
  • Provenance: Tenea, Corinthia
Bibliography
  • BAPD 300604
  • Kaltsas. N, (eds.), (2004). Agon. The Spirit of Competition in Ancient Greece, 154, no.54, (E. Kakarounga-Stassinopoulou), Αthens: Ministry of Athens.
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