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Black figure amphora fragment. Lapiths and centaurs. Detail of fight ... 1 Jun 2000 ... Detail of fight.

[Agora Object] P 12811: Black Figure Lekanis Fragment

Fragment from wall of large lekanis. Parts of two animal zones preserved; in the upper, part of the body and the four legs of a deer(?) right. In lower zone, two boars, locked in fight. Incised rosettes ... 19 May 1938 ... In lower zone, two boars, locked in fight. Incised rosettes in field.

[Agora Object] P 26642: Black Figure Vessel Fragment

From wall of a large closed pot. Head of serpent seen against body and wings of a large animal. Red for the foreparts and for most of the feathers of the wings, for the underside of the body of the animal ... 21 July 1959 ... The object at the fight might be the rump.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 230

Wall fragment. Red wash on surface. Max. dim. 0.13. Fight. In the middle, a nude warrior (most of legs) strides to left, a scabbard hanging at his left side. Behind him the leg of another attacking to ... Second quarter of the 5th century B.C ... Max. dim. 0.13. Fight. In the middle, a nude warrior (most of legs) strides to left, a scabbard hanging at his left side.

[Agora Object] AP 1044: Exekias Krater

About two-thirds of large black-figured krater by Exekias. One side shows scene with the gods, the other side the fight over body of Patroclus. Καλυκόσχημος κρατήρας του Εξηκίου, με παράσταση, στην πρώτη ... 11-12 May 1937 ... One side shows scene with the gods, the other side the fight over body of Patroclus.

[Agora Publication Page] Agora 23, s. 376, p. 360

Dionysos. Fight. Foot race. Fountain scene. Fox. Funeral games. Hermes. Goose. Giant. Gigantomachy. Discus thrower. Heron. Dog. Hippalectryon, youth riding a. Girl. Hismene. Goat. Homecoming. Hopline ... Agora 23 360 ... Fight

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 198

Wall fragment. Max. dim. 0.067. Langridge, "Eucharides Painter," p. 349, cat. no. E 20. Fight. At the left is the raised right foreleg of a horse to right, overlapping the lower edge of a short chiton ... Ca. 500-490 B.C ... E 20. Fight. At the left is the raised right foreleg of a horse to right, overlapping the lower edge of a short chiton worn by an Amazon moving to right and also the start of her thighs.

[Agora Object] P 25957: Red Figure Column Krater Fragments

Eight non-joining fragments of which six from wall and one from handle. a) Boy left; in front of him, the head of a figure at much larger scale; edge of border above. b) Fight; leg of figure lunging ... 26 February 1957 ... a) Boy left; in front of him, the head of a figure at much larger scale; edge of border above. b) Fight; leg of figure lunging right; lion skin, scabbard and shield; at left, drapery and part of a staff or spear.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 249

Wall fragment with a little of projecting rim. Glaze misfired reddish brown in places on outside; a bit greenish on inside. Max. dim. 0.074. Fight(?). The fragment preserves the raised, bent right arm ... Ca. 510-500 B.C ... Max. dim. 0.074. Fight(?). The fragment preserves the raised, bent right arm of a figure to left, with hand holding a thin object, which may be the shaft of a spear (there are two parallel relief lines) with the glaze slopped over. ... The presence of traces of the handle configuration indicates that the warrior stood at the far right of the composition, perhaps as a back-up force to a fight taking place at the left.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1408

Mended with small missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, handle B/A completely modern. Glaze flaked slightly on outside. Top of rim reserved. H. 0.103; diam. of rim 0.29; diam. of tondo 0.113; ... Ca. 510-500 B.C ... In front of him: Uneven reserved line for tondo border. A, fight. A warrior (a bit of torso missing) comes in from the left, spear poised. ... Then comes the last pair, a youth in a short chiton rushes in to fight, sword in right hand, left arm with hand fisted outstretched toward his opponent, who falls backward, sword in right hand, shield (overlapped by handle) on left arm seen in profile.

[Agora Object] P 24068: Red Figure Cup: Type B and Inscribed

A large cup of type B, mended from many pieces; one handle, much of stem and fragments elsewhere missing. Part of ancient lead mend at top of stem preserved. Interior: Within a reserved circle, athlete ... 31 May 1954 ... Inscription around: Exterior: A) and B) Fight. On each side there are two pairs in single combat, with a warrior at center between the two pairs.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 286

Three non-joining wall fragments. Reserved band on inside at top of P 110. Max. dim. P 104: 0.103, P 110: 0.087, P 2223: 0.07. Prange, Niobidenmaler, p. 209, cat. no. GN 15, pl. 21 (P 110 is mispoised) ... Ca. 450 B.C ... Upper zone: fight. P 110 shows a warrior (most of helmeted head, a little of left arm with round shield seen in three-quarter view from the inside) to right, attacking another with a spear.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 237

Two non-joining fragments, a of wall, b of rim and neck with start of handle zone at far left. Glaze pitted on inside of a. Max. dim. a) 0.077, b) 0.14; W. of rim 0.025; H. of neck 0.063. W. B. Dinsmoor, ... Ca. 480 B.C ... The scene on 237 might also illustrate the fight between Diomedes and Aineas: cf. the namepiece of the Tyszkiewicz Painter, Boston 97.368 (ARV2 290, 1; Paralip. 355, 1; Addenda 210), though this seems less likely.

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Military Service

http://agathe.gr/democracy/military_service.html

Military Service After the 18-year-old was registered in his deme as a citizen and was approved by the Council, he entered military service as a young conscript (ephebe) with other members of his tribe ... It was the opinion that no force or famine could make the Lakedaimonians give up their arms, but that they would fight on as they could, and die with them in their hands.” 12.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 256

Fifteen non-joining fragments of wall, P 18278 b--c and P 19582 a--d of torus rim with zone of ornament below. Glaze mottled here and there; has a greenish cast in places; abraded in part on rim. Max ... Ca. 480 B.C ... Fragment g (illustrated) probably gives the top part of her head with diadem and forelock, or that of another, perhaps Thetis (see below: discussion of composition and subject). B, fight. P 19582 e (illustrated) shows part of a bent right arm of a warrior about to deliver a death blow to an opponent whose helmet crest appears above the lower break. ... A technical feature links these two fragments with the fight fragment, P 19582 e, namely, the presence of very thin lines incised in the glaze on the inside, a rather common occurrence on such vases, but which does not appear on the three fragments assigned to Side A (such lines do not always continue around the entire inside).

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Athenian Army

http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_athenian_army.html

The Athenian Army From the very beginning, the Athenians were compelled to fight for their new democracy. Their dramatic victories over the Boiotians and Chalkidians in 506 B.C. led many to attribute Athenian ... The Athenian Army From the very beginning, the Athenians were compelled to fight for their new democracy.