Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Archaic, ca. 500 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, white-ground, H. 6 13/16 in. (17

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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Archaic, ca. 500 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, white-ground, H. 6 13/16 in. ( cm); diameter 2 13/16 in. ( cm), Vases, Helios (the Sun) rises in his quadriga (4-horse chariot); above, Nyx (Night) driving away to the left and Eos (the goddess of dawn) to the right; Herakles offering sacrifice at The four lekythoi grouped here are all attributed to the same painter and are said to have been found together in a tomb in Attica

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