Greek Vases - At the heart of each Roman Mystery there is at least one Greek vase...

(from The Secrets of Vesuvius)

Aristo pointed to the vase.

'See, he holds hammer and tongs. That's how you can recognise him. And if you look carefully, you can see that the artist has painted his legs to look too small for his body.'

'He looks sad,' said Miriam.

'But he looks nice, too,' decided Flavia.

'Where's he going?' asked Jonathan.

'He's being escorted back to Mount Olympus. Here's how it happened.'

right: 'The Return of Vulcan' This Athenian 'red figure' vase was probably painted around 425 BC by an artist known as the Kleophon painter.

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