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)
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 ♠ 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)
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)
Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Pausanias, Description of Greece 5.19.5 ”There is also Hermes bringing to Alexander the son of Priam the goddesses of whose beauty he is to judge, the inscription on them being: “Here is Hermes, who is showing to Alexander, that he may arbitrate … Continue reading The Judgment of Paris (page 569, with art)
Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Kypria Philodemos: fr 2 PEG – Poetae Epici Graeci 1, p. 45, ed. A. Bernabé. Leipzig 1987. ♠ Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) fr 204 MW – Fragmenta Hesiodea, pp. 99-105, ed. R. Merkelbach and M. L. West. Oxford 1967. ♠ Akousilaos 2F39 – … Continue reading The Judgment of Paris (page 568, with art)
Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Euripides 9 GLP – Fragments of more recent Greek literary papyri cited according to D. L. Page, Select Papyri III. London 1941. ♠ Euripides, Troades 920-22 next, old Priam ruined Troy and me, because he did not slay his child Alexander, baleful semblance … Continue reading The Birth and Childhood of Paris (page 563, with art)
Chapter 2: The Olympians Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Homer, Iliad 14.489-92 Howbeit Peneleos thrust and smote Ilioneus, son of Phorbas, rich in herds, whom Hermes loved above all the Trojans and gave him wealth; and to him the mother bare Ilioneus, an only child. Greek Text ♠ Homer, Iliad 16.179-86 And … Continue reading The Children of Zeus: Hermes (page 107, with art)