Terracotta Nolan amphora (jar)
अज्ञात कलाकार
Obverse, warriors fighting Persian archer
Reverse, warrior
The almost miraculous Greek victory in 480 B.C. over the invading Persians, who were backed by the resources of a powerful empire, was the theme of much art produced in Greece during the first half of the fifth century B.C. Most images cast the battle in mythological terms; this is one of the few that show a Greek actually fighting a Persian.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1906
Ca. 480–470 B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure
34.8 x 34.8cm
06.1021.117
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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