Diomedes with the Palladium by Diomedes painter

Diomedes with the Palladium
Diomedes Painter (c. 380 BCE). Ashmolean 1931.39, Oxford.

• This vase depicts the scene of Diomedes with the Palladium, a sacred statue of Athena that was believed to protect the city of Troy.
• According to myth, Diomedes and Odysseus stole the Palladium from Troy, which was a crucial event leading to the fall of the city.
• The scene on the vase shows Diomedes rushing toward an altar on which a fire burns with the Palladium in his possession.

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