What kinds of stories do you share with your family, friends, or classmates? Are they stories about things you've done? Stories other people have shared with you? Stories from your imagination? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1907 (07.286.84) Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), ca. The arrow Apollo (to the right of Hector) holds will eventually kill Achilles.Attributed to the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs (namepiece). Hector has already been wounded, hence his stance. Achilles fighting Hector, watched by their respective patron deities, Athena and Apollo.The fact that they are both nude confirms their heroic status: mortals would have been armoured! Side A: We can tell that Memnon is in trouble because his mother is grasping her hair. Achilles' cheek guard is down, Memnon's is up. Memnon's has a bull blazon, a sword in his hand and another in his scabbard. Achilles shield has an armband, hand grips and 4 tassels. Subject matter Achilles fighting Memnon from Ethiopia, watched by their respective mothers, Thetis and Eos.Comparisons / Contrasts with the Kleophrades Painter Hydria include: 1) Only four figures on each side 2) Greater amount of free space 3) Two distinct (though related) scenes 4) Linear structure (cf pyramidal).You should consider the contrasts between the two as we progress. The subject of the illustration on side B is the same as the previous one - The Trojan War - but it is dealt with in a very different way. Height: 65 cms Subject: Side A: Achilles fighting Memnon of Ethiopia Side B : Achilles fighting Hector the Trojan. He is named from an amphora which he painted, and which is now held in West Berlin. Date: 500-480 BC Type: Volute Krater - Red-figure Potter: Unknown Painter: 'Berlin Painter'.

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