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| Keywords: Vatican G 23 Group - Black-figure Pseudo-Panathenaic Amphora with Discus Thrower - Walters 482109 - Side B.jpg Panathenaic amphorae were prizes given to victors at the Panathenaic all-Athens festival the great state festival of Athens It was held every four years much like the Olympic games The prize amphorae were quite large and contained olive oil the most valuable part of the award Smaller versions such as this one were produced as commemorative objects Each Panathenaic vase depicts a striding armed Athena on the front As the city's patron goddess in whose honor the festival was given she was thought to preside over the games The back shows the particular event for which the prize was given Here the contest is discus-throwing and a competitor appears with his trainer holding a staff and another athlete ca 500 485 BC Classical terracotta cm 38 1 23 5 accession number 48 2109 32454 William Randolph Hearst San Simeon date and mode of acquisition unknown William Randolph Hearst Estate Sale May 1958 no 5494 Walters Art Museum 1958 by purchase Museum purchase 1958 Goddess and Polis The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens Hood Museum of Art Hanover; Tampa Museum of Art Tampa; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond; Princeton University Art Museum Princeton 1992-1993 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Athens Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Group of Vatican G 23 Pseudo-Panathenaic amphoras Athletes in ancient Greek pottery Ancient discus throw Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
