Aeneas Carrying Anchises: At the end of the Trojan War, the Trojan prince Aeneas left the burning city carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders. Eventually Aeneas founded the city that was to become Rome.
Oinochoe - Black Figure
Photos of ancient pottery from Greece
An oinochoe is a wine-pouring jug. The Greek for wine is oinos. Oinochoe were produced during both the Black-Figure and Red-Figure periods. (More below.)
Aeneas carrying Anchises. Attic black-figure oinochoe, c. 520-510 BC.
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