Ambush of Troilos

Title
Ambush of Troilos
Repository
British Museum
Alternative
Amphora
Creator
unknown
Photographer
Lowenstam, Steven
Creator Display
unknown Ancient Greek (vase painter)
Description
Pottery: black-figured amphora: the ambush of Troilos; as Achilles attacks Troilos, Polyxena drops her water-jar and flees in terror. --The British Museum
View
Front
Coverage
Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece (creation)
Temporal
ca. 540 BCE
Subject
Ambush of Troilos Protesilous Trojan Myth, Priorto, Iliad
Style Period
Black-figure Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles)
Work Type
amphorae (storage vessels)
Date
-0545/-0535
Identifier
Lowenstam_VRC_00401
Item Locator
Box 1, Section 24
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
University of Oregon, Department of Classics
Local Collection Name
Steven Lowenstam Collection
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Measurements
Height: 42.5 cm
Material
pottery | painted; incised
Set
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
Primary Set
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
Institution
University of Oregon
Cultural Context
Attic (culture)
Id Current Repository
1928,0117.41