Terracotta oinochoe (jug), Archaic, ca. 520 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, white-ground, H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm), Vases, Peleus treed by a lion and a boar. A succession of misadventures brought Peleus, the future father of the hero Achilles, to cower in a treetop. While a guest of King Akastos, Peleus became the target of the queen's unrequited love
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Terracotta oinochoe, jug, Archaic, ca, 520 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, black-figure, white-ground, H, 9 3/4, 24.8 cm, Vases, Peleus treed, lion, boar, succession, misadventures, Peleus, future father, hero Achilles, cower, treetop, guest, King Akastos, target, queen, unrequited love
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