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An attic white ground lekythos depicting an Athenian woman sitting on a couch, bidding farewell to a young warrior who is standing in front of her. Made by the Achilles Painter, mid-5th century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens [1161×800]

September 24, 2024

An attic white ground lekythos depicting an Athenian woman sitting on a couch, bidding farewell to a young warrior who is standing in front of her. Made by the Achilles Painter, mid-5th century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens [1161×800]

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Milksmither on September 24, 2024 11:52 pm

I like the detail of the eye on his shield.

It makes me wonder if his regiment(?) all had eyes like this painted on their shields. Fascinating to imagine staring that down from the opposite side.

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An attic white ground lekythos depicting an Athenian woman sitting on a couch, bidding farewell to a young warrior who is standing in front of her. Made by the Achilles Painter, mid-5th century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens [1161×800]

Tooled leather medicine case used by a Dr. John Kennedy, c. 1815. [2911×2218]

An archaic grave marker of a young Greek, which was made in the middle of the 6th century BCE. The original height of the grave monument is assumed to have been around 4.5 m. Now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens [1932×4222]

Carved ivory and horn model of an eye, European, c. 1800-1900.[3000×1996]

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