Attic oinochoe with a battle scene inspired by the Iliad. Circa 730 BC. The belly of the vase depicts siamese twins who have been identified as the Moliones and Aktoriones, the young brothers from Elis who fought against Nestor. Their myth inspired Geomteric art and was connected to the aristocratic genos of Athens in the 8th century BC.
Agora Museum, Athens P 4885. Hellenic Ministry of Culture/Archaeological Receipts Fund.
Dal Mito al Logos: La figura unama nell' arte greca (VIII-VI sec.a.c), Palazzo Srozzi 16 September-16 November 1986, Greek Ministry of Culture, Direzione della Antiichita, p. 44, fig. 11.
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