A related composition, only partly preserved, is on the interior of a phiale in Malibu (Malibu 81.AE.213; Illustration 26) which shows running figures, a combat, and an assembly of deities. The subject is difficult to interpret. Martin Robertson has assessed the evidence and suggests that the scenes represent episodes loosely linked with the Trojan royal house, Ganymede pursued, Ganymede received by the assembled deities, and Achilles fighting Hector, the two stories providing a contrast between a transformation that led to immortality for Ganymede, and the stark death of Hector. The exterior scenes of two episodes from the story of Eurytos carry on the theme of death and survival, contrasting Herakles with Eurytos and his sons.[6]

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A white lekythos in Malibu belongs to this same period ( Malibu 84.AE.770; Illustration 27; Illustration 28; Illustration 29; Illustration 30; Illustration 31; Illustration 32; Illustration 33).

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Two youths arm, attended by a woman with a shield (device: quatrefoil) and spear, and a boy with a sword and spear. The figures reflect the influence of a major artistic personality of the period, the Kleophrades Painter, whose athletes also have loose-limbed but sturdily constructed bodies, square-shaped heads with strong chins and thick lips (compare for example a calyx-krater in Tarquinia RC 4196; ARV2, 185, 35).

A less common subject occurs on a white lekythos in Cleveland ( Cleveland 66.114; Illustration 34; Illustration 35; Illustration 36; Illustration 37): Atalante running from Erotes.

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John Boardman has proposed that Atalante, whose dislike of men is a constant theme in literature from Hesiod on, is fleeing from marriage.[7] Her running pose probably alludes to the footrace which she and her suitors engaged in and which she always won, thereby allowing her to kill the suitor who had challenged her. The garland held by one Eros would be a symbol of the marriage Atalante flees; the whip held by the other suggests that such a reluctant bride would have to be beaten into submission. Atalante's rejection of men and her desire for chastity is linked with her dedication to Artemis.