Inscription painter

Scenes depicted on Greek vessels can give us information regarding the function of such vessels and contribute to our understanding of Greek customs. Visits to the grave are common subjects on funerary vases. Here a woman brings offerings, including an oil flask (lekythos), to a grave. The warrior to the right of the grave monument may represent the deceased as he would have appeared in life. The Greeks believed that a person lived on after death mainly through remembrance by the living; loved ones continuing to offer at the grave, as in the scene on this piece, would achieve that living memory.