Ancora sulla kylix di Exekias da Vulci, a partire da uno scudo

The study concerns the iconographic program of the eye-cup of Exekias found in Vulci (Munich Antikensammlungen 8729): building on previous investigations, the aim of the work is to deepen the relationship between the images painted inside and outside the cup - the ship of Dionysus running on the wine-dark sea and the groups of hoplites fighting for the corpse of a fallen warrior. In particular, the significant value of the shield raised by a warrior in the fighting on the stripped corpse is focused on: it can be suggested that through this iconic key the image could evoke the same topic of the loss of the shield in battle, sung in archaic Greek sympotic poetry.