Neoptolemos (page 693, with art)

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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Orestes’ Revenge (page 684, with art)

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)

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Orestes’ Revenge (page 683, with art)

Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♠ Euripides, Elektra 1238-63 The Dioskouroi appear from above. Dioskouroi Son of Agamemnon, listen; the twin sons of Zeus, your mother’s brothers, [1240]Castor and his brother Polydeuces, are calling you. Having just now calmed the swell of the sea, terrible for … Continue reading Orestes’ Revenge (page 683, with art)

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Agamemnon (page 671, 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)

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Agamemnon (page 670, 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)

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The First Mobilization at Aulis (page 579, with art)

Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♠ Scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnes 332 – Scholia Graeca in Aristophanem, ed. F. Dübner, p. 12. Paris 1877.  Greek Text ♦ 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 … Continue reading The First Mobilization at Aulis (page 579, with art)

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