Chigi vase
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The Chigi vase is a Proto-Corinthian olpe, or pitcher, that is the name vase of the Chigi Painter. It was found in an Etruscan tomb at Monte Aguzzo, near Veio, on Prince Mario Chigi's estate in 1881.
Hoplites on the Chigi vase
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Detail of the Chigi Vase depicting hoplites in action (National Etruscan Museum, Rome)
Judgement of Paris scene
Judgement of Paris
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The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology, which was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War, and in later versions to the foundation of Rome.
Chigi vase
…five lines in two early Etruscan alphabets announcing the ownership of Atianai, perhaps also the original owner of the Chigi vase. The vase depicts the Judgement of Paris, and it is the earliest known depiction of this myth in art. It is thought to be adapting scenes from the Cypria, a lost epic poem. The Chigi vase…
Judgement of Paris, fresco from Pompeii
Paris receives Hermes who leads Athena, Hera and Aphrodite, four women facing to the right. Painting on terracotta panels, 560–550 BC
Attic black-figure neck amphora by Swing Painter (c. 540–530 BC), now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Golden Apple of Discord by Jacob Jordaens