Detail of main frieze: a hoplite advances to the left, over a fallen warri...

Top frieze, part 4: Centauromachy (battle betwen Lapiths, armed with sword...

Detail of main frieze: a hoplite facing profile to the right thrusts his s...

Detail of main frieze: duel combat between two hoplite warriors; the one o...

Main frieze: hoplite and cavalry battle, part 5

Main frieze: hoplite and cavalry battle, part 7

Collection: Paris, Musée du Louvre
Summary: Top frieze: Troilos and Polyxena at the fountain; Centauromachy; komos; return of Hephaistos; symposiumMain frieze: a hoplite and infantry battleBottom frieze: a horse race
Ware: Attic Black Figure
Painter: Name vase of the Painter of Louvre E 876
Date: +/- 10 560 BC
Dimensions: H. 0.34 m; Diam. (mouth) 0.30 m
Primary Citation: ABV, 90.1; Beazley Addenda 2, 24
Shape: Dinos
Beazley Number: 300837
Period: High Archaic


Inscriptions: *H*E*R*A*K*L*E*S *D*R*O*M*A*S *F*K*G*O*S *L*U*F*O*S *A*L*A*K*E *F*O*R*A*X8S *K*A*L*L*I*E *K*E*G*E*S *O*N...*M*O*S *M*N*E*S*A*R*X*O*S ("chos" is retrograde) *K*L*E*P*T*O*L*E*M*E *D*E*I*P*T*E*S *T*E*L*A*M*O*N *E*L*E*S*O*S (retrograde) *D*E*I*L*O*N*E*F*E*S *T*O*S*X*O*F*N*E ...*A*I*E*A *M*E*D*A*S*A*S (retrograde) *A*N*TE*R*E*A*S *E*U*F*O*R*B*O*S .*P*A*T*L*I. *I*E*N... *P*I*S*T*O...*L*E*O*N *K*E*G*E*S *O*N.*M*O*S (most of the sigmas are retrograde).

Sources Used: CVA, Louvre 2, III.Hd, pls. 18.2-3, 19.1-2, 20.1-2