Broneer, O ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The calyx-krater of Exekias, first published in 1937,1 was discovered at the bottom of a well in the American School excavations on the North slope of the Acropolis in Athens. The circumstances of discovery ... 1956 ... The scenes in the main zones of decoration, it will be recalled, are : A, the introduction of Herakles into Olympos; and B, the combat over the body of Patroklos.
... A position such as this in actual combat would expose the fighter so as to give him no protection from his shield. ... The position of the spear indicated by the middle warrior is the one usually depicted in combat scenes. For the less common position of the protagonist cf. the bearded hoplite who has just thrust his spear into the mounted Amazon on a cup in Bologna, Emanuel Löwy, Polygnot, fig. 8b; Pfuhl, Malerei und Zeichnung der Griechen, III, 504.
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