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 ♦ 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)
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Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Diktys Cretensis, De Bello Troiano 5.4 When the king had left, they decided that Antenor should return to the Greeks and learn what terms they wanted exactly; and that Aeneas, as he desired, should go along too. Thus the council … Continue reading The Fall of Troy (page 654, 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 ♠ Aischylos, Agamemnon 403-8 Chorus But she, bequeathing to her people the clang of shield and spear and army of fleets, and bringing to Ilium destruction in place of dowry, with light step she passed through the gates—daring a deed undareable. Greek Text … Continue reading The Abduction of Helen (page 574, with art)
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Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Homer, Odyssey 4.12-14 for to Helen the gods vouchsafed issue no more after that she had at the first borne her lovely child, Hermione, who had the beauty of golden Aphrodite. Greek Text ♠ Kinaithon fr 3 PEG – Poetae Epici Graeci 1, … Continue reading The Abduction of Helen (page 573, with art)
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