This is an amphora, or something used to hold liquids. On it shows a fight between two warriors, one young and one older. The younger warrior strikes down the older warrior. This could easily relate to epic poetry, which is a characteristic of Ancient Lyric Poetry, because epic poetry is about great deeds done by men. This could be considered a great deed if the younger warrior was the hero in the view of the maker. This could also relate to Lyric poetry in the way of expressing personal emotions, the Warriors could be furious with each other and wanted the other one dead. Or they could be fighting over who gets a certain thing like: land, a hand in marriage, or just because they are being forced to fight.
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