Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Villa Giulia, Rome (ex-Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 1977.713): shoulder of Attic red-figure lekythos with Klytaimestra with axe, who is restrained by Telamedes; then Orestes stabs enthroned Aigisthos Museum of Fine Arts Beazley Archive Pottery Database (no photo) Attic … Continue reading Orestes’ Revenge (page 684, with art)
Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Florence, Museo Archeologico 4 B 19 et al.: fragments of Attic red-figure cup with alarmed Chrysothemis?, and Klytaimestra trying to restrain Orestes as he slays a collapsed Aigisthos with his sword; Elektra (wrongly restored as Athena) rushes in from … Continue reading Orestes’ Revenge (page 683, with art)
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)
Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Olympia Museum B 4900: Kretan fragmentary bronze mitra with Orestes drawing his sword to slay his mother Klytaimestra, or Menelaos intending to slay Helen Reconstruction drawing of mitra (left portion beyond broken edge is restored with a figure of … Continue reading Orestes’ Revenge (page 678, with art)
Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Berlin, Antikensammlung A 32 (not lost, as Gantz): fragmentary Protoattic krater with (side A; see also Gantz p. 670) what may be a depiction of Orestes grasping forelock of Aigisthos while preparing to slay him; behind Orestes’ back, a … Continue reading Orestes’ Revenge (page 677, with art)
Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 63.1246: Attic red-figure calyx krater by the Dokimasia Painter with murders of Agamemnon and Aigisthos; in the center of side A, Aigisthos slays Agamemnon, who is encased in a net-like garment; on the left, … Continue reading Agamemnon (page 671, with art)
Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Basel, Antikenmuseum and Ludwig Collection BS 318: relief from terracotta band, reputedly from Sicily, possibly with the boiling of Minos, who is in the lebes of a tripod, as a female (a daughter of Kokalos?) seizes Minos’ arm while … Continue reading Agamemnon (page 670, with art)
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
Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ London, British Museum, E382: Attic red-figure pelike with Agamemnon gesturing towards wounded Telephos, who sits on altar holding Orestes British Museum Beazley Archive Pottery Database ♦ Undated painting seen by Pliny the Elder ♠ Pliny the Elder, Natural History 25.19: Achilles too, … Continue reading The First Mobilization at Aulis (page 579, with art)