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This terra-cotta amphora depicts a hoplite soldier (left) attacking a Persian archer in the Greco-Persian Wars. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
This terra-cotta amphora depicts a hoplite soldier (left) attacking a Persian archer in the Greco-Persian Wars. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)