Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Oionokles Painter

ca. 460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Youth advancing with drawn sword This bold youth has wrapped his cloak entirely around his outstretched left arm as he advances, ready to thrust with his sword, in the pose made famous by the statue of Aristogeiton, one of the slayers of the tyrant Hipparchos.

Artist

Oionokles Painter

Date

ca. 460–450 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1941