
Competing for olive oil
A Panathenaic prize amphora
The Panathenaia was a festival organized in Athens to celebrate the city’s patron goddess, Athena. The prize for winning a competition was a large, black-figure amphora filled with olive oil.

Aeneas in Vulci
An Etruscan black-figure amphora
One of the most dynamic heroes of the Trojan Cycle is Aeneas, whose depiction can be found throughout Italy before Rome usurped him as a national icon.

Partying with death?
A cup in the British Museum
The inside from a cup currently in the British Museum depicts Hades and his wife Persephone enjoying a drink together.

The brothers Vibenna
The story of the brothers Vibenna occupies the space between Etruscan myth and Roman history.

The labours of Theseus
A beautiful Attic cup, currently in the British Museum, depicts the major labours performed by the hero Theseus.

A Laconian cup from Vulci
A beautiful Laconian cup depicts Arcesilaus II, the King of Cyrene, overseeing the weighing and loading of goods.
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