Attic red-figure oinochoe depicting a scene of athletic training in the palaestra

In the center, a youthful paidotribes leans on his long forked stick. He is watching the young athlete on the left, who holds out a pair of halteres (jumping-weights) as he prepares to jump. On the right, another naked athlete runs towards them holding a strigil in his outstretched hand.

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  • Athens, National Archaeological Museum, inv. n. Α 1269
  • 425 – 420 BC
  • H. (with the handle) 0.22 m. Rim diam. 0.09 m.
  • Clay
  • Provenance: Piraeus
Bibliography
  • BAPD 217177
  • Tzachou-Alexandri, O. (Ed.), (1989). Mind and Body. Athletic Contests in Ancient Greece, pp. 168-169, no. 53 (R. Proskynitopoulou), Athens: Ministry of Culture.
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