D.C. The ceremony was attended by the Greek Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni. The lekythos, standing at 12 centimeters tall, ...

bits of pottery and the remains of a possible temple to Athena at an archaeological excavation of the ancient Greek city of Velia, reports Frances D’Emilio for the Associated Press (AP).

One side of the amphora would illustrate the contest, and the other the goddess Athena, and sometimes ... dart furiously to and fro - so that on Greek pottery a sprinter's silhouette is like ...