Νέγροι και Πυγμαίοι στην αρχαιοελληνική κεραμεική

Depictions of Negroes and Pygmies occupy a special place in ancient Greek pottery and iconography. The artistic value and stylistic peculiarities of these vessels go hand in hand, in almost every case, with a disposition of a sociological and anthropological approach to the subject. Their entry into the ancient Greek world aroused the interest of artists and was the trigger and the means for Greek art to take a direction that would serve the specific political needs of ancient Greek society advocating diversity as the main feature of its supremacy, and using every means to promote this perception. The first approaches of Negroes and Pygmies, however, are governed more by a spirit of observation and scientific curiosity and less by an attempt to promote diversity.