Cleveland Museum of Art
Black-Figure White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Athena between Cocks and Hieropoioi (Officials)
Athena Painter
- Date
- 500–485 BCE
- Medium
- Ceramic
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The helmeted war goddess Athena strides forward on this oil vessel, raising her spear and a round shield emblazoned with a red snake. Flanked by two cocks, her pose recalls that on Panathenaic prize vases, the large black-figure amphorae awarded to athletic and equestrian victors in the Panathenaic Games. Beside the roosters stand two bearded, wreathed men, each holding a forked stick. Inscriptions identify the men as hieropoioi (doers of sacred things), officials charged with administration of sacred ceremonies and contests. Athena’s skin, typically painted white on black-figure vases, here remains black atop the white ground.
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