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 The Age of the Nobles and the Tyrants in Greece 1 49 back either raw materials and foodstuffs, such as grain, fish, and amber, or finished products like the magnificent utensils in bronze from the cities of the Etruscans in north- ern Italy (p. 246 and Fig. 107). At the yearly feast and mar- ket on the Island of Delos the Greek householder found the Etruscan bronzes of the West side by side with the gay carpets of the Orient. To meet the in- creasing demands of trade the Greek crafts- man was obliged to en- large his small shop, once perhaps only large enough to sup- ply the wants of a single estate. Unable to find the necessary workmen, the propri- etor who had the means bought slaves, trained them to the work, and thus en- larged his little stall into a factory with a score of hands. Hence- forth industrial slave labor became an important part of Greek life. Athens entered the field of industry much later than the Ionian cities, but when she did so, she won victories not less decisive International market on the island of Delos Fig. ']$. An Athenian Painted Vase OF THE Early Sixth Century b.c. This magnificent work (over thirty inches high) was found in an Etruscan tomb in Italy (see map, p. 245), whither it had been exported by the Athenian makers in the days of Solon (pp. 155 ff.). It is signed by the potter Ergo- timos, who gave the vase its beautiful shape, and also by the painter Clitias, whose skillful hand executed the sumptuous painted scenes extending in bands entirely around the vase. These decorations represent the final eman- cipation of the Greek painter from oriental influences, so marked before this time, and the triumph of his own imagination in depict- ing scenes from Greek stories of the gods and heroes. On the wide distribution of the works of these two artists see pp. 150- 151