Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar), mid-4th century

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Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar), Late Classical, mid-4th century , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 8 1/8 in. ( cm); diameter 4 3/8 in. ( cm), Vases, Events in the Athenian festival of the Adonia. The Adonia was a festival held in summer and dedicated to Adonis, the beautiful young hunter beloved by Aphrodite and killed by a boar. From his spilled blood, flowers issued from the ground

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Size: 4240px × 4240px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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