Terracotta neck-amphora with twisted handles (jar) ca. 350-325 B.C. Attributed to the Pilos Head Group Obverse, young warrior seated on an altar and bearded warrior. Reverse, youthOn the neck, obverse, head of youth with pilos (pointed cap). Reverse, female headThe protagonist of the main scene has been identified as either Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Klytemnestra, or Neoptolemos, son of Achilles and Deidameia. In one account, both men vied for the hand of Hermione, daughter of Menelaos and Helen, resulting in Orestes' murder of Neoptolemos. The representation poignantly conveys the misfortune visited upon the children of Greece's greatest heroes.. Terracotta neck-amphora with twisted handles (jar) 256602

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Terracotta neck-amphora with twisted handles (jar) ca. 350-325 B.C. Attributed to the Pilos Head Group Obverse, young warrior seated on an altar and bearded warrior. Reverse, youthOn the neck, obverse, head of youth with pilos (pointed cap). Reverse, female headThe protagonist of the main scene has been identified as either Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Klytemnestra, or Neoptolemos, son of Achilles and Deidameia. In one account, both men vied for the hand of Hermione, daughter of Menelaos and Helen, resulting in Orestes' murder of Neoptolemos. The representation poignantly conveys the misfortune visited upon the children of Greece's greatest heroes.. Terracotta neck-amphora with twisted handles (jar) 256602

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