Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar), Archaic, ca. 510 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 13 in. (33 cm), Vases, On the shoulder, two warriors in combat. The shape and the glossy black glaze contribute decisively to the elegance and power of the hydria. The combat on the shoulder, probably deliberately anonymous, evokes a heroic encounter from the epic cycle of poems concerning the Trojan War of which only the Iliad and the Odyssey survive
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