Panathenaic Amphora Resources

Hallie Ford Museum of Art Celebrating Agon: A Panathenaic Prize Amphora from Ancient Athens
August 31-December 21, 2002 [News release]

Celebrating Agon features a single Panathenaic prize amphora on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Once filled with precious olive oil from a grove sacred to the goddess Athena, Panathenaic prize amphorae served as prizes for the games of the Panathenaic Festival, held every four years in ancient Athens.

Panathenaic Amphora, Panathenaic Prize Amphora with Lid
Interactive descriptions of panathenaic amphorae from the Getty Museum.

Panathenaic amphora
Static description of a panathenaic amphora showing front and back views of the object.

Panathenaic Prize Amphora
Interactive description of panathenaic amphorae from the Detroit Institute of Art.

Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 530-520 B.C. An image and description from the Metropolitan
Museum of Art.

Perseus Project images of Panathenaic Amphorae
Index will lead to thumbnails of panathenaic amphorae from various museums. Some thumbnails led to full access to the images.

The Kleophrades Painter
Brief interactive article from the Perseus Project about one of the painters of panathenaic amphorae.

Greek Pottery and its Archaeological Importance
An article under "Land and Time" in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's online exhibit on The Ancient Greek World. [Works best with Internet Explorer]

Grove Dictionary of Art
A search for the word panathenaic will led you to articles about various artists who painted these vases. Links to images of some of these vases may be found with each article.

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Last update: 08-12-02