Terracotta Nolan amphora (jar)
Obverse, warriors fighting Persian archer
Reverse, warrior
The almost miraculous Greek victory in 480 B.C. over the invading Persians, who were backed by the resources of a powerful empire, was the theme of much art produced in Greece during the first half of the fifth century B.C. Most images cast the battle in mythological terms; this is one of the few that show a Greek actually fighting a Persian.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1906
Ca. 480–470 B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure
34.8 x 34.8cm
06.1021.117
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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