{"id":17297,"date":"2026-03-12T23:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=17297"},"modified":"2026-03-12T23:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:35:18","slug":"attic-black-figure-amphora-with-armed-warriors-21-cm","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/product\/attic-black-figure-amphora-with-armed-warriors-21-cm\/","title":{"rendered":"Attic Black-Figure Amphora with Armed Warriors 21 cm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1058\" data-end=\"1453\">This amphora reproduces a classic <strong data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1133\">Attic black-figure vessel from Athens<\/strong>, dating to the <strong data-start=\"1149\" data-end=\"1186\">Archaic period around 530\u2013520 BCE<\/strong>. Amphorae of this type were created in Athenian pottery workshops and decorated with mythological or martial scenes using the black-figure technique, in which silhouetted figures were painted and incised to reveal intricate details of armor, shields, and movement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1455\" data-end=\"1967\">The scene represented on this vessel shows <strong data-start=\"1498\" data-end=\"1554\">armed hoplite warriors advancing in battle formation<\/strong>, a subject common in Greek vase painting that celebrated ideals of heroism, warfare, and civic duty. Such imagery reflected the military culture of the Greek city-states and the importance of the hoplite soldier within the polis. Comparable amphorae depicting warriors are attributed to artists associated with the <strong data-start=\"1870\" data-end=\"1914\">Lysippides Painter and the Bateman Group<\/strong>, active in Athens during the late 6th century BCE.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1969\" data-end=\"2280\">Original examples of these vessels survive in major collections such as the <strong data-start=\"2045\" data-end=\"2072\">Cleveland Museum of Art<\/strong>, demonstrating how amphorae functioned both as practical containers and as storytelling artworks that conveyed mythology, history, and social values of ancient Greece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2309\" data-end=\"2516\">Replica of an <strong data-start=\"2323\" data-end=\"2382\">Attic black-figure amphora from Athens (c. 530\u2013520 BCE)<\/strong> depicting marching hoplite warriors, inspired by Archaic-period Greek vase painting attributed to the Lysippides Painter tradition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[69,72],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-17297","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","product_cat-pottery","product_cat-black-figure"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/17297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=17297"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=17297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}