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Suicide of Ajax, by the Black-Figure vase painter Exekias, ca. 540-530 BCE. The Suicide of Ajax Vase by the Black-Figure master Exekias depicts the suicide of Ajax is a neck amphora, painted in the black-figure style. It is now in the Château-musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer in France.
Exekias could have chosen any moment, but this is the one he painted. [22] Amphora by Exekias, Achilles and Ajax engaged in a game, c. 540–530 BC, Vatican Museums, Vatican City. Another visual adaptation of the mythological past can be seen on the Vatican amphora 344, which is regarded by some art historians as Exekias' masterpiece. [23]
Ajax preparing for suicide in a depiction by the black-figure vase painter Exekias, ca. 540 BCE. Ajax, as he appears in this play, in the Iliad, and other myths, is a heroic figure, a "rugged giant", with strength, courage and the ability to think quickly well beyond the normal standards of mankind. He was considered a legendary character to ...
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The suicide of Ajax vase was made by Exekias during the Archaic Period. The scene depicts Ajax preparing for his suicide in black-figure on a neck amphora. Ajax is bent over his sword, which he is placing in the ground. There is a tree to one side of him and his suit of armor on the other side.
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Suicide of Ajax.. Eurytios Krater (also Eurytos Krater, Krater of Eurytus) is the name given to a famous Early Corinthian column krater.The Eurytios krater is dated to about 600 BC.