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Hydria by the Meidias Painter, c. 410 bc; in the British Museum

Hydria, a large water vessel used in ancient Greece.

Boreas abducting Oreithyia, detail of an Attic hydria, 5th century bc; in the Vatican Museum.

“Phaon in a Bower with Demonassa,” hydria by the Meidias Painter, c. 410 bc; in the Museo Archeologico, Florence

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Hydria by the Meidias Painter, c. 410 bc; in the British Museum

Hydria, a large water vessel used in ancient Greece.

Boreas abducting Oreithyia, detail of an Attic hydria, 5th century bc; in the Vatican Museum.

“Phaon in a Bower with Demonassa,” hydria by the Meidias Painter, c. 410 bc; in the Museo Archeologico, Florence

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Hermes striding past the satyr Orcimachos, the Berlin amphora by the Berlin Painter, c. 490 bc; in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany.

Berlin Painter

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Theseus killing the Minotaur

Kleophrades Painter

Greek artist

Hydria by the Meidias Painter, c. 410 bc; in the British Museum

Meidias Painter

Greek artist