Panathénées

Panathénées

The goddess Athena on a panathenaic prize amphora. Attic black-figured amphora, 332–331 BC (made in Athens during the archonship of Niketes). From Capua, Italy.

Date between 332 and 331 BC

Medium black-figure ceramic

Dimensions Height: 77 cm (30.3 in). Width: 37.5 cm (14.8 in).

Current location

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Main floor, room 20, Greek & Rome

Accession number GR 1873.8-20.370 (Cat. Vases B 610)

Object history Place of discovery: Capua, Caserta.

Credit line 1873: purchased from Alessandro Castellani (1823-1883)

Inscriptions

Side A: to right of the left column: Nικητης αρχων [Niketes was archon] (AVI 4374)

Side A: to left of the right column: των Αθηνηθεν αθλων [One of the prizes from Athens] (AVI 4374)

Source/Photographer : Bibi Saint-Pol, 2006-22-11

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Panathénées

Divertissements semblables aux jeux olympiques, organisés en faveur d'Athéna à Athènes (Cité de Cécrops).

Une place plus importante y était donnée à la pensée, aux arts, aux sciences humaines.