The Lion of Chaeronea

The Judgment of Paris: Paris sits observing the three goddesses, while an older man with a staff (King Priam?) stands behind him. Attic white-ground pyxis (cosmetics container) with lid, attributed to the Penthesilea Painter; ca. 465-460 BCE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Underworld ferryman Charon watches as Hermes, in his role as psychopomp, leads the soul of a deceased man toward him. Attic white-ground lekythos, attributed to the Sabouroff Painter; 440s BCE. Now in the Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: ArchaiOptix/Wikimedia Commons.

A scene from the gynaikeion (women’s quarters): women with a mirror. Fragment of an Attic white-ground vase, tentatively attributed to the Dokimasia Painter; 470s BCE. Now in the Louvre. Photo credit:  © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons.

White-ground terracotta lekythos (oil flask) depicting the winged goddess Nike on her way to crown a victor.  Attributed to the Carlsruhe Painter; ca. 460-450 BCE.  Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Attic white-ground lekythos depicting a fallow deer.  Artist unknown; ca. 540-525 BCE.  Found at the ancient city of Ialysos, Rhodes; now in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes.  Photo credit: Zde/Wikimedia Commons.