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 rescue of aged Aithra by her grandsons Demophon and Akamas (for Kassandra and Aias from same vase, see Gantz page 655; for the death … Continue reading Aftermath: The Recovery of Aithra and and Sacrifice of Polyxena (page 658, with art)
Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Leningrad/St. Petersburg, Hermitage Museum 649 (St 830): Attic red-figure cup by Makron (painter) with Diomedes and Odysseus, both carrying a Palladion, in a dispute with swords drawn (side A below) Side A (top): Diomedes with Palladion, Demophon (son of Theseus), … Continue reading The Last Events before the Sack (page 644, with art)
Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Ferrara, Museo Nazionale di Spina 44701: Attic red-figure volute krater with Neoptolemos (center), his grandfather Lykomedes (far left) and his mother Deidameia (to right of Lykomedes); and with Odysseus and Phoinix (far right) Flickr; Lykomedes, Deidameia, Neoptolemos and Odysseus (on … Continue reading The Last Events before the Sack (page 640, 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 ♠ Pherekydes 3F123 – Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker 1, p. 93, ed. F. Jacoby, 2d ed. Leiden 1957. ♠ Diktys of Krete 4.3 Achilles found Penthesilae among the cavalry and, hurling his spear, hit the mark. Then – no trouble now that … Continue reading Penthesileia and Memnon (page 622, with art)