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 Priam seated on altar with body of Asyanax on his lap; Neoptolemos seizes Priam’s shoulder in preparation for slaying him; behind him, dead Trojan … Continue reading The Fall of Troy (page 657 upper, with art)
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Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Olympia, Archaeological Museum B 847: bronze shield-band relief with Neoptolemos and Astyanax? E. Kunze, Archaische Schildbänder. Olympische Forschungen 2 (1950) pl. 29 Digital LIMC ♦ Olympia, Archaeological Museum B 160: fragmentary bronze shield-band relief with Neoptolemos attacking Priam with a spear; … Continue reading The Fall of Troy (page 656, with art)
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Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Florence, Museo Nazionale Archeologico 4209: Attic black-figure volute krater by Kleitias and Ergotimos (François Krater), with chariot race from the funeral games of Patroklos, officiated by Achilleus (second band from top) Flickr From right to left, Achilleus stands next to tripod, facing … Continue reading The Events of the Iliad (page 620, 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 ♦ Rome, Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia 106349: Laconian black-figure cup with fountain house and snake at feet of armed Achilleus in ambush; in exergue, mounted Troilos and Polyxena P. Zancani Montuoro, “L’agguato a Troilo nella ceramica laconica,” Bollettino d’Arte 39 (1954), … Continue reading Troilos and Lykaon (page 600, with art)
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Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 01.8.6: Attic black-figure Siana cup by the C Painter, with fountain house, Achilleus pursuing Troilos and fleeing Polyxena Metropolitan Museum Beazley Archive Pottery Database ♦ Paris, Musee du Louvre, CA 6113: Attic black-figure Siana cup by … Continue reading Troilos and Lykaon (page 599, with art)
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Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ London, British Museum. 1969,1215.1: Protocorinthian aryballos by the Evelyn Painter with warrior in armor (Achilleus ?) walking behind unarmed horseback rider (Troilos ?) British Museum ♦ Athens, Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum 1319: Protocorinthian aryballos, with Achilleus in pursuit of Troilos Pierre … Continue reading Troilos and Lykaon (page 598, with art)
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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)
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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)
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