FAH310H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Pottery Of Ancient Greece, Stoa Poikile, Thesium
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Say that the oinoe was in attica, during the battle of marathon. In which the first scene is the getting ready for battle while the last panel would be continuity and the actual battle of marathon taking place. (important for the athenians who were the main forces). Was not a decisive war, but keep commemorating this war not matter it wasn"t that important of the persian wars. Chimon"s father is elevated to the position of a actual hero through his death and his son, who is commissioning these paintings of his father. First representation of history event on greek painting, an official commission by state 490. Built before chimon was exiled, and we know hat the battle of marathon would have happened 3 decades before. Some think that was enough time to elevate the battle to the significant status it held in greek history.
