Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Euripides, Orestes 1653-57 And it is destined, Orestes, that you will marry Hermione, at whose neck you are holding your sword; [1655] Neoptolemus shall never marry her, though he thinks he will; for he is fated to die by … Continue reading Neoptolemos (page 693, with art)
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Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Paestum, Museo Nazionale Archeologico: metope from the Heraion alla Foce del Sele, with Orestes trying to defend himself from serpentine Erinys? Wikimedia Digital LIMC (under scene 17; no photo) ♦ Paestum, Museo Nazionale Archeologico: metope from the Heraion alla … Continue reading Orestes’ Revenge (page 679, with art)
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Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Naples, Museo Nazionale 81669 (H2422): Attic red-figure hydria by Kleophrades Painter with Sack of Troy, including Priam seated on altar with body of Asyanax on his lap; Neoptolemos seizes Priam’s shoulder in preparation for slaying him; behind him, dead Trojan … Continue reading The Fall of Troy (page 657 upper, with art)
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Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Apollodoros, Epitome 5.16-19 And at break of day, when the Trojans beheld the camp of the Greeks deserted and believed that they had fled, they with great joy dragged the horse, and stationing it beside the palace of Priam deliberated … Continue reading The Fall of Troy (page 648, with art)
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A B C D E G H I K L M N O P R S T W Z Zeus, Munich, Antikensammlungen 596 There are two kinds of searches possible for this web site. The first type, which is comprehensive, involves just entering a mythological character’s name in the search box over the left menu … Continue reading Subject tags for mythological characters
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Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Pherekydes 3F123 – Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker 1, p. 93, ed. F. Jacoby, 2d ed. Leiden 1957. Greek Text ♠ Diktys of Krete 4.3 Achilles found Penthesilae among the cavalry and, hurling his spear, hit the mark. Then – no trouble … Continue reading Penthesileia and Memnon (page 622, with art)
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Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 01.8.6: Attic black-figure Siana cup by the C Painter, with fountain house, Achilleus pursuing Troilos and fleeing Polyxena Metropolitan Museum Beazley Archive Pottery Database ♦ Paris, Musee du Louvre, CA 6113: Attic black-figure Siana cup by … Continue reading Troilos and Lykaon (page 599, with art)
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Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ London, British Museum. 1969,1215.1: Protocorinthian aryballos by the Evelyn Painter with warrior in armor (Achilleus ?) walking behind unarmed horseback rider (Troilos ?) British Museum ♦ Athens, Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum 1319: Protocorinthian aryballos, with Achilleus in pursuit of Troilos Pierre … Continue reading Troilos and Lykaon (page 598, with art)
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Chapter 5: The Line of Deukalion Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Diodoros Siculus, Library of History 4.50-51 While the return of the chieftains was as yet not known in Thessaly, a rumour, they say, went the rounds there that all the companions of Jason in the expedition had perished in … Continue reading The Children of Tyro: Amythaon, Aison, Pheres (page 195, with art)
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Chapter 13: Herakles Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Paris, Musee de Louvre G263: Attic red-figure cup by the Antiphon Painter with Herakles and the Hind; Herakles pushes Hind down with his left knee while seizing one of her horns with both hands; to the right is Apollo with bow and arrow … Continue reading Labor III: The Keryneian/Kerynitian Hind (page 389 upper, with art)
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