Replica Attic Black-Figure Amphora by Exekias depicting Achilles and Penthesilea, ca. 540-530 BCE. Greek Mythology, Athenian Artists, and the Etruscans. By the 6th century BCE, Greek vase painters, ...

The black-figure technique of vase painting was invented in the city of Corinth around 700 B.C.E. ... remarkable examples of the black-figure technique of vase painting is an amphora by Exekias ...

A well-known black-figure krater called the François Vase, for example, was found at Chiusi in Etruria (3). Similarly, a black-figure amphora signed by the famous 6th century B.C.E. vase painter ...

PRINCETON, NJ — Too many Greek vase jokes are lost in translation. For example, this duel between Achilles and Hector looks serious. But tragicomic ironies abound in ancient epic.

So, Amanda, we've described this particular vase. This one interests me in particular because obviously it's a battle scene, but when you look closely, you also see some Greek lettering.