Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora

Obverse, Athena

Reverse, footrace

The Euphiletos Painter was trained in the black-figure technique. It is interesting to compare the firm, deliberate incision in his works with the looser, freer line of artists like the Berlin Painter. The footrace is one of the earliest known events in the Panathenaic games.

Credit: Rogers Fund, 1914