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Exploring Ancient Greek Pottery: The Exekias Belly Amphora Quiz

Explore the fascinating world of ancient pottery through this image-based learning experience. Understand the various types and styles of ancient vases, enhancing your knowledge in art history and archaeology.

Questions: 6 | Attempts: 10 | Last updated: Oct 1, 2025

Sample Question 1
What are the details of the Exekias Belly Amphora, including the name, date, dimensions, potter, painter, use, inscriptions, and inspiration for both sides?

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Option 3

Name: Exekias Belly Amphora Date: c.540BC Dimensions: 61cm high Potter: Exekias Painter: Exekias Use: Storage Inscriptions: 'onetirades kalos' inscription, Achilles and Ajax talking and naming of the figures on both sides and the signature of Exekias Inspiration: (A) Achilles and Ajax the Greater playing a board game during the Trojan War (B) Return home of the Dioscouri, Castor and Pollux.

Sample Question 2
What are Achilles and Ajax doing on Side A during the Trojan War?

Achilles and Ajax are negotiating a peace treaty with the Trojan army

Achilles and Ajax are playing a boardgame, they are in full armour as it is during the Trojan War and have their spears and shields lying close by. Achilles is winning as he is saying Four (Tesara) while Ajax is only saying Three (Tria)

Achilles and Ajax are in a heated argument over a strategic decision in battle

Achilles and Ajax are practicing their sword fighting skills

Sample Question 3
What is depicted on Side B of the artwork?

A group of merchants trading goods at a market with various stalls filled with produce and items.

A scene of a battle between two armies with soldiers fighting fiercely on horseback.

A landscape with a grand temple in the background and people engaged in a religious ceremony.

Castor and Pollux (the Dioscouri) have returned home from a journey are are being welcomed. Pollux pats a dog while Castor is being offered an olive branch by his mother Leda. Castor's father Tyndareus holds the horse and stands with a slave boy who is carrying an oil flask and blankets on a table.