Aineias (page 715, with art)

Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♠ Stesichoros, Iliou Persis 205 PMG – Poetae Melici Graeci, pp. 205-6, ed. D. L. Page. Oxford 1962. ♦ Paris, Louvre F122: Attic black-figure eye cup with armed Aineias fleeing Troy, carrying his father Anchises on his back and accompanied by his son Askanios, whose legs are … Continue reading Aineias (page 715, with art)

 177 total views

Odysseus (page 710, with art)

Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♦ Palermo, Museo Nazionale B335: Attic black-figure skyphos with Odysseus? being carried on back of large turtle away from mouth of Charybdis, which is shown as a fig tree on an overhanging rock; Odysseus lies clasping turtle’s back as it … Continue reading Odysseus (page 710, with art)

 265 total views

Odysseus (page 708, with art)

Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♠ Aristotle, Poetics 15.1454a An example of unnecessary badness of character is Menelaos in the Orestes; of character that is unfitting and inappropriate the lament of Odysseus in the Scylla and Melanippe’s speech; of inconsistent character Iphigeneia in Aulis, for the suppliant Iphigeneia is … Continue reading Odysseus (page 708, with art)

 255 total views

The Fall of Troy (page 656, with art)

Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♦ Olympia, Archaeological Museum B 847: bronze shield-band relief with Neoptolemos and Astyanax? E. Kunze, Archaische Schildbänder. Olympische Forschungen 2 (1950) pl. 29 Digital LIMC ♦ Olympia, Archaeological Museum B 160: fragmentary bronze shield-band relief with Neoptolemos attacking Priam with a spear; … Continue reading The Fall of Troy (page 656, with art)

 267 total views

The Fall of Troy (page 655, with art)

Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♦ Chest of Kypselos from temple of Hera at Olympia (known through Pausanias’ description and modern reconstructions) ♠ Pausanias, Description of Greece 5.19.5 Ajax too is represented dragging Cassandra from the image of Athena, and by him is also an inscription: … Continue reading The Fall of Troy (page 655, with art)

 238 total views,  1 views today

The Last Events before the Sack (page 645, with art)

Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♦ Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseum 1963.1: Attic red-figure by the Tyszkiewicz Painter with Diomedes and Odysseus, each with Palladion, and Athena intervening Digital LIMC Beazley Archive Pottery Database ♦ Paris, Louvre K36: Apulian red-figure oinochoe with Athena, Odysseus with Palladion, Diomedes with Palladion, … Continue reading The Last Events before the Sack (page 645, with art)

 188 total views

The Fate of Aias (page 634, with art)

Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♦ Basel, Antikenmuseum and Ludwig Collection BS 1404: Middle Corinthian cup with Aias impaled on his sword, discovered by Achaian leaders Digital LIMC ♦ Olympia, Archaeological Museum B 1636: bronze shield-band relief with Aias impaled on sword, discovered by two Achaian … Continue reading The Fate of Aias (page 634, with art)

 350 total views

The Death of Achilleus (page 626, with art)

Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page   Table of Contents  Next Page ♠ Lactantius Placidus, scholia at Statius: Achilleis 1.134 – Lactantii Placidi qui dicitur commentarios in Statii Thebaida et commentarium in Achilleida 3, pp. 492-93, ed. R. Jahnke. Leipzig 1898. Latin Text ♠ Lactantius Placidus, scholia at Statius: Achilleis 1.269 – Lactantii Placidi qui dicitur commentarios … Continue reading The Death of Achilleus (page 626, with art)

 319 total views