The panathenaia a state religious festival honored athena the patron goddess of athens.
Attic panathenaic amphora.
Amphorae filled with olive.
Held every four years the festival included athletic musical and other competitions.
From the second quarter of the sixth century b c.
Athena on a panathenic amphora national archaeological museum of athens panathenaic amphorae were the amphorae large ceramic vessels that contained the olive oil given as prizes in the panathenaic games.
Bentz 1998is an extensive discussion of the type.
It is uncertain if the figures on the reverse of this piece depict wrestlers on pankratists contenders in a more brutal event which combined both boxing and wrestling.
The official decoration on the front was a picture of a statue of athena fully armed.
Special shape of attic amphoras.
Amphorae filled with oil pressed from olives from the sacred trees of athena were given as prizes in the panathenaic games.
Some were ten imperial gallons 12 us gal.
It is however possible that these vessels were also sold as souvenirs or distributed by means other than direct award.
An early panathenaic prize amphora in the metropolitan museum of art metropolitan museum journal 34.
45 l and 60 70 cm 24 28 in high.
Held every four years the festival included athletic musical and other competitions.
On victors in the contests of the panathenaic festival in athens were awarded a standardized amphora containing one metretes about forty two quarts of olive oil from sacred groves in attica.
Held every four years the festival included athletic and musical competitions.
Typically filled with olive oil this type of trophy was awarded to chariot race winners at the panathenaic games in athens.
These amphorae had a special form with narrow neck and foot and a standard fashion of decoration.
The panathenaia a state religious festival honored athena the patron goddess of athens.
Attic panathenaic amphora kleophrades painter greek attic active 505 475 b c 65 40 3 cm 25 9 16 15 7 8 in 77 ae 9 open content images tend to be large in file size.
490 480 bce by the kleophrades painter depicting the 4 horse chariot racing competition.
The draped figure has most often been interpreted as a trainer or a judge of the games.
Introduction bibliography panathenaic amphoras were produced in athens as prizes for the victors in the games held in that city every four years.
Panathenaic amphoras traditionally represent athena standing between two doric columns surmounted by cocks and on the reverse side the event for which the vase was awarded.