Group E (vase painting)

The main vase shape painted by the group E artists was the belly amphora of type A.

Older shapes were abandoned totally (e.g. ovoid neck amphorae) or mostly (e.g. column kraters).

Before he became visibly active as a painter in his own right, Exekias potted two of the surviving vessels painted by the group.

The drawings by the group lack the monumentality of earlier work by Lydos or later vases by Exekias.

In terms of content, the same themes occurred repeatedly: Herakles with the Nemean Lion or with Geryon, Theseus with the Minotaur.