Warrior Departure Scenes in Attic Red-Figure Pottery

[hoplite14gr]

Please allow me to disagree abit with you Susanne.
So far only grave stelae and white lykythoi have been ascociated with death.
It was the custom in ancient Athens to put the ashes of the dead in a white lykythos. The most famous is the "melancholic girl" currently in the Kerameikos mouseum in Athens.

The warrior departure is very much depicted on potery because it was a common feature of ancient life.
Kind regards