Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Tithonos Painter

ca. 480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Athena holding spear and helmet Athena, the warlike protector of Athens, appears alert but serene on this vase. Dressed in a full, richly decorated peplos with a diadem in her hair, she holds her helmet in one hand and her spear, pointed downward, in the other. Her aegis, the protective goatskin ringed with snakes' heads, acts as armor.

Artist

Tithonos Painter

Date

ca. 480 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1927