Greek pottery: Quick Facts

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Greek psykter depicting reveling satyrs

Silhouettes of fourteen types of ancient Greek Attic pottery are displayed, each with distinct shapes, including kraters, amphorae, hydria, kylix, and other vessel forms, labeled with letters for identification.

geometric-style krater with funeral scenes

terra-cotta oinochoe

Proto-Corinthian aryballos

Exekias: Greek amphora depicting Achilles slaying Penthesilea

Detail from the Brygos Cup by the Brygos Painter, showing ancient Greek warriors in battle during the Sack of Troy, with figures in armor and shields on a black and red pottery surface.

Greek kylix depicting Dionysus in a sailboat

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Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.

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