Greek black-figure amphora from the 6th c. BCE (left), and Red-figure hydria from the 5th century BCE

Greek black-figure amphora
Greek culture (6th century BC)
Ceramics
From an Athenian workshop

On one side, Dionysus, god of wine, is depicted offering a cup to a maenad. On the other side, an armed warrior, with shield, spear and casque, bids farewell
to his relatives.

Red-figure Greek vase (hydria)
Greek culture (5th century BC)
Ceramics
From a southern Italian workshop (AV Libation Painter group)

The scene represents the myth of Pandora. When Pandora, out of curiosity, opens the box, she releases all the evils that humanity suffers and only manages to capture hope, which Yúnie consoles
that remains in man.

Exhibited at the Catalan Museum of Archaeology, Barcelona, Spain. Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya (MAC).

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