Classical Mythology

The François Vase. Attic black-figure krater by the potter Ergotimos and the painter Kleitias,
ca. 575 B.c.; height 30 in. There are four bands of mythological scenes, a fifth band with
plants and animals, a battle of pygmies and cranes on the foot, and more figures, including
Ajax carrying the corpse of Achilles, on the handles. (Detail 2, below) The first detail shows
the top bands on one side: Meleager and Peleus thrust at the Calydonian boar with their