Pithos with the Blinding of Polyphemos

From the Getty Museum record

On the body, Odysseus and two men thrust a huge stake into the face of Polyphemus. The Cyclops is seated on a stool and rocks back at the force of the blow, grabbing hold of the shaft of the stake with his right hand. A large pithos stands between him and his attackers. The first, presumably Odysseus, leans far forward to thrusts the stake with one arm forward, the other back. Behind him a second figure performs the same action, while a third stands behind, lending a hand. A foliate band separates this scene from two overlapping horses (one facing left, the other to the right) and a lion with a deer in its jaws. Abstract floral patterns fill the field. A guilloche band separates the figure scene from the remainder of the vessel, which is decorated with three bands of rays. The shoulder, which bears three handles, is decorated with another band of rays.