Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar), Late Classical, mid-4th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm); diameter 4 3/8 in. (11.1 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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Terracotta squat lekythos, oil jar, Late Classical, mid-4th century B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 8 1/8, 20.6 cm, diameter, 4 3/8, 11.1, Vases, Events, Athenian festival, Adonia, festival held, summer, dedicated, Adonis, beautiful young hunter, beloved, Aphrodite, killed, boar, spilled blood, flowers issued, ground
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