Proto-Attic Amphora
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Proto-Attic amphora
Proto-Attic Amphora

Proto-Attic amphora. On the neck, a scene from the Odyssey depicting Odysseus and his men driving a stake into the Cyclops’ eye. On the body it has a scene of Perseus beheading the Medusa.
From the West Cemetery. Mid-7th c BC.

Exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis. Attica, Greece.

Tags:
Amphora Animals Archaic Attica Cyclops Eleusis Floral Gorgons Medusa Mythology Odyssey Original Photo Pottery
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