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Attic black-figure amphora. Late work of the vase-painter, Sophilos, ca. 580 B.C. On the neck is Hermes, between
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1375:Aristophanes
1228:Comast Group
1182:
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1038:Lion Painter
988:Gela Painter
968:Duel Painter
918:Burgon Group
845:Black-figure
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1480:Kerch style
1370:Apollodoros
913:BMN Painter
619:Nikosthenes
516:Frying pans
457:Minyan ware
309:(lost 1945)
136:Nationality
59:introducing
1725:Categories
1698:Mannerists
1673:Euthymides
1668:Euphronios
1560:Polygnotos
1332:Red-figure
1241:KY Painter
1236:KX Painter
978:Elbows Out
744:Vase types
652:Hermogenes
614:Hypereides
604:Euthymides
599:Euphronios
556:Red-figure
67:April 2022
1663:Epiktetos
1530:Pamphaios
1068:N Painter
923:C Painter
794:Geometric
724:Symposium
714:Name vase
647:Ergoteles
624:Pamphaios
594:Ergotimos
536:Bilingual
490:Mycenaean
296:formerly
240:Naukratis
228:Black Sea
206:, dinoi,
1683:Phintias
1645:YZ Group
1520:Onesimos
1465:Hermonax
1183:Sophilos
1078:Nearchos
1033:Kleitias
858:Affecter
629:Sophilos
551:Bucchero
508:Cycladic
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298:Berlin,
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1590:Skythes
1259:Exekias
1251:Group E
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657:Phrynos
581:Potters
344:Amphora
325:Tripod
261:Klitias
220:Etruria
212:pinakes
208:kraters
188:Σώφιλος
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1435:Douris
1380:Asteas
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662:Sokles
609:Gryton
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