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Oil, especially olive oil, was stored in specialized Greek pottery; lekythos (pleural, lekythoi). Many lekythoi were found inside tombs; they were used to anoint the dead bodies of single men. Mainly dull red and black paints were used by artists to decorate these ceramics. Prince Hector was the son of king Priam and queen Hecuba of Trojan. He was the greatest fighter for Troy during the Trojan War. Attica, Greece, circa 500 BCE. (National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK)
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