Miniature Panathenaic Vase with hoplitodromos. Tampa 86.42
Judge watching as two hoplitodromoi come past the finishing post. The winner has removed his helmet and the runner-up has flung down his shield. Swaddling page 45.
Hoplitodromoi with two spectators and a cauldron on a tripod on the right, a symbol of the prizes awarded art the Olympic games. This vase, however, dates from the mid sixth-century, several decades before 520 bce, when the hoplitodromos was first added to the Olympic games. Finley & Plekett Plate IIIb