 The battle of lapiths and centaurs and the liberation of the Athenians from the Minotaur parallel the deliverance from the Calydonian boar, and link Peleus' exploits to those of the Athenian hero Theseus.Such typological parallels are one of the means by which poets too from Homer on have enriched their narratives

During the Archaic Period, Kleitas (Cleitas) (c. 580- c. 550 BCE) was a well known potter and painter.He was the painter of one of the greatest vases ever made from Greek art, the Francois Vase.