Replica Attic Black-Figure Amphora by Exekias depicting Achilles and Penthesilea, ca. 540-530 BCE Greek Mythology, Athenian Artists, and the Etruscans By the 6th century BCE, Greek vase painters, ...

We already see distinctive Greek styles during the Bronze Age, with elaborative images of people and animals. However, the greater artistic expression in vase painting began in the 8th century BCE.

When the Ure Museum acquired it, in 1947, this amphora ... the top part of the vase, at least, as telling the story of Troilos, the Trojan Prince who was ambushed by the Greek hero Achilles ...

These two ancient Greek objects were Healey ... although the warrant was later revoked. The amphora—which is attributed to the Rycroft Painter, an Athenian vase-painter who was active in ...