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English: Painting from an ancient Corinthian vase. Ajax falls on his sword in the presence of his colleagues, Odysseus and Diomedes. The short stature of Odysseus is a well-known Homeric feature. These vases are black-figured; the heroes are painted in silhouette on the red ground of the vases. Their names are appended in archaic Greek letters. |
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| Date | between circa 800 and circa 480 B.C.; drawing published 1911 | |||
| Source | Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 12, 1911, p. 477, Fig. 13. | |||
| Author | artist from ancient Corinth | |||
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