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    Exekias (Ancient Greek: Ἐξηκίας, Exēkías) was an ancient Greek vase painter and potter who was active in Athens between roughly 545 BC and 530 BC. Exekias...
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    Steinhart, "Exekias" in Künstlerlexikon der Antike. Vol. 1. München, Leipzig 2001, pp. 249–252. Context after Matthias Steinhart, "Exekias" in Künstlerlexikon...
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    however, in the influence it exerted on Exekias. Most Attic artists of the period copied the styles of Group E and Exekias. The work of Lydos and the Amasis...
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    Black-figure vase painting by Exekias, ca. 540 BCE. Currently in the Vatican Museum. Suicide of Ajax. Black-figure vase painting by Exekias, ca. 540 BCE. Currently...
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    work is compared with Exekias, who was said to have created the most detailed and best examples of black-figure pottery. Exekias is said to be the teacher...
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    where Exekias is believed to be from. Some scholars infer that this connection is one of the reasons Exekias chooses to depict Ajax so often. Exekias is...
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  • The Neck Amphora by Exekias is a neck amphora in the black figure style by the Attic vase painter and potter Exekias. It is found in the possession of...
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    definition provided, though they might be, depending on the artist's intention. Exekias was an ancient Greek vase-painter and potter. A good portion of his vase...
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    Achilles and Penthesileia by Exekias, c. 540 BC, British Museum, London...
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    The suicide of Ajax depicted on Greek pottery by Exekias, now on display at the Château-musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer...
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    of the most famous Greek potters and painters like the Amasis Painter, Exekias, Archikles, Glaukytes, the Penthesilea Painter, the Andokides Painter,...
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    of the Athenian Royal Family Acamas and Demophon on a neck amphora by Exekias Abode Athens, later Euboea Genealogy Parents Theseus and Phaedra Siblings...
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    Attributed to Homer The Dionysus Cup, a kylix painted by the Athenian Exekias around 530 BCE, possibly showing the narrative of the seventh Homeric Hymn...
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    The suicide of Ajax depicted on Greek pottery by Exekias, now on display at the Château-musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer...
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    Dionysus teaching the art of wine-drinking to his son Oenopion, on an Attic black-figured amphora from Vulci (ca. 540-530 BC) by Exekias...
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    that were based on the works of Exekias, his mentor. Lysippides' works however, were simplified compared to those of Exekias. This style actually became very...
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    and his merry revelers whom he painted more than 20 times, compared to Exekias’ one. Another of his most common subjects is Athena facing Poseidon, and...
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    540–530 BC. It is one of the masterpieces of the Attic black-figure potter Exekias and one of the most significant works in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen...
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  • Merope's father Oenopion and his father, god Dionysus, on an Attic black-figured amphora from Volci (ca. 540-530 BC) by Exekias...
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    Edinburgh Painter Elbows Out Ergoteles Eucharides Painter Euphiletos Painter Exekias Gela Painter Goltyr Painter Gorgon Painter Haimon Painter Heidelberg Painter...
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  • Dionysus riding on a small galley-like craft in a painting from the Dionysus cup by Exekias, from c. 530 BC...
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  • Ajax, son of Telamon, preparing suicide. Reproduction from a black-figure amphora depiction by Exekias (550–525 BC)....
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    are among the largest of the kraters, supposedly developed by the potter Exekias in black-figure style, though in fact almost always seen in red. The lower...
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    and its specific decoration into Attic vase painting is attributed to Exekias. His eye-cup in Munich, dated 530–540 BC, is considered a masterpiece of...
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    fragments from the Kerameikos cemetery in Athens, many by the painter Exekias. In Etruscan art, rather larger terracotta plaques than are typical in...
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    game. Eight-pointed sun symbols are depicted on their cloaks. Amphora by Exekias, 6th century BC, Vatican Museum. Heracles fighting the Amazons. Attic black-figure...
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    The Dionysus Cup, a kylix painted by the Athenian Exekias ca. 530 BCE, showing the narrative of Dionysus's capture by Tyrrhenian pirates and transfiguration...
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    François Vase. Many scholars consider the finest work in the style to belong Exekias and the Amasis Painter, who are noted for their feeling for composition...
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    not an athletic event. The cock column is first seen on a panathenaic by Exekias (Karlsruhe 65.45). By the early fourth century the inclusion of the archon's...
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    Dionysus Cup, by Exekias, 6th Century...
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