Terracotta amphora (jar) ca. 540–530 Attributed to the Swing Painter Obverse and reverse, warrior departing in quadriga (4-horse chariot)A soldier bidding farewell to his parents was a popular subject in vase-paintings. Here he has mounted a chariot drawn by four horses; and his charioteer, dressed in a long white and red chiton, prepares to drive him to the battlefield. The great warriors of Homer's Iliad were conducted to and from combat in this Terracotta amphora (jar). Greek, Attic. ca. 540–530 Terracotta; black-figure. Archaic. Vases

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