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 ♦ 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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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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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 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)
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Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Homer, Odyssey 3.307 but in the eighth came as his bane the goodly Orestes back from Athens Greek Text ♠ Scholia at Homer, Odyssey 3.307 – Scholia Graeca in Homeris Odysseam, vol. 1, p. 149, ed. W. Dindorf. Oxford 1855. Greek … Continue reading Orestes’ Revenge (page 677, with art)
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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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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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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 ♠ 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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