3.20 and 3.21 "Andokides Painter, Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice", c. 525520 BCE. Black figure
Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game; Attic Bilingual Amphora; Bilingual Amphora with Achilles and Ajax Object Date: ca. 525-520 BCE (creation) Location: Boston, United States - Museum of Fine Arts, (Current / Repository); Orvieto, Italy - (Original Site) Object Type:.
Exekias, Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (detail from an Attic blackfigure amphora), from
A conversation between Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker in front of an Attic black figure amphora by Exekias (potter and painter), archaic period, c. 540-530 B.C.E., 61.1 cm high, found Vulci (Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Questions Tips & Thanks Want to join the conversation? Sort by: Top Voted
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by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker Achilles and Ajax, heroes of the Trojan War, break from battle to play a friendly game that hints at a tragic future. Exekias, Attic black figure amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a game, c. 540-530 B.C.E., Archaic Period, 61.1 cm high, found in Vulci (Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican)
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The Scene Made between 540-530 BC, it depicts a simple scene, but filled with a lot of information. It depicts a moment of relaxation between the two Greek heroes Achilles and Ajax before the next battle during the Trojan war. How are we able to identify the characters?
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The Greek lettering on the vase shows ΑΧΙΛΛΥΣ over the head of Achilles and ΑΙΑΣ over the head of Ajax. In front of Achilles is a vertical inscription ΤΕΤΑΡΑΦΕΡΟ, meaning 'I have four', while the inscription in front of Ajax shows ΔΥΟΦΕΡΟ, meaning 'I have two'.
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The black-figure painting on this vessel shows the hero Ajax engaged in a board game involving the throwing of dice. He is playing against the hero Achilles, and the goddess Athena stands in the center of the picture, presiding over the dice throws that the two heroes make. Oil flask (lekythos) with Achilles, Ajax and Athena
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A conversation between Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker in front of an Attic black figure amphora by Exekias (potter and painter), archaic period, c. 54.
Achilles and Ajax playing dice Etsy
Board game can be viewed as a representation/microcosm/metaphor for personal rivalry between Achilles and Ajax. Other later vase paintings of the same subject suggest that Achilles and Ajax are neglecting their duties and irresponsibly play at a board game while the Trojans enter the Greek camp.
Exekias, Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice
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(a) Achilles and Ajax playing with pessi: On the right is Achilles seated on a block to left, bearded, with long tresses and short curls in front, high-crested helmet (raised), short embroidered chiton, striped… Producer name Attributed to: The Lysippides Painter Cultures/periods Attic Archaic Greek Production date 530BC (circa) (circa)
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Achilles and Ajax, identified by inscriptions, like the other characters, are seated and playing dice; read out the points won, four and three respectively, as indicated by the inscriptions that emerge from their mouths as if in a comic strip. On the other side the family of the Dioskouri is depicted.
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Achilles and Ajax playing dice (Amphora): Detail. Author: Exekias, fl 550-525 B.C. (Creator) Summary: Made and painted by Exekias. ; Height 61 cm. ; Located in the Vatican Gregorian Museum of Etruscan Art. Downloadable Visual Material, English, 20060613. Genre: 35mm Slide Still Image.
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Exekias, the most insightful black-figure artist, transforms the personal rivalry between the two Greek heroes of the Trojan War into a board game. Both Achilles and Ajax are heavily armed; Achilles still wears his helmet, and both hold their spears as if they may suddenly have to use them. No poem known describes such as episode.
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On Exekias' amphora in the Vatican, the vase represents Achilles and Ajax playing a board game on one side. On the other side is a young man, Castor, with his horse, Kyllaros; other figures are his mother, Leda, his father, Tyndareus, and his twin brother, Pollux (Polydeuces). Britannica Quiz Ultimate Art Quiz
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Original file (1,400 × 1,400 pixels, file size: 2.38 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents height: 14 cm (5.5 in); diameter: 6.2 cm (2.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,14U174728 dimensions QS:P2386,6.2U174728 institution QS:P195,Q19675
