Figure 2.

(a) Black-figured Greek amphora showing a scene of olive-gathering. A naked youth seated in a tree shakes down olives with sticks. Two bearded figures beat the trees with sticks, and a naked youth collects the fallen olives in a basket. The amphora dates back to 520 BC. British Museum, London. (b) Greeks and Romans used OO to clean their bodies after exercise. They smeared OO on the body so that it might collect dirt and sweat and then scraped it off using a metal instrument called a strigil. The red figure on the cup (skyphos) depicts a nude athlete holding a strigil. The skyphos dates back to 410 BC, Archaeological Museum, Milan. (c) Lekythos, vase used as a container of olive oil for body care of athletes. This lekythos dates back to 500 BC. Archaeological Museum, Bologna.