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)
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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 2: The Olympians Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Euripides, Hippolytus 339 Phaedra And you, poor sister, Dionysus’ bride. Greek Text ♦ Berlin, Antikensammlung F2179: Attic red-figure hydria by the Syleus Painter, Theseus, Athena, Dionysos and Ariadne E. Gerhard, Etruskische und Kampanische Vasenbilder des Königlichen Museums zu Berlin (1843), pls. 6-7 Beazley Archive … Continue reading The Children of Zeus: Dionysos (page 116, with art)
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Chapter 2: The Olympians Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Homer, Iliad 18.203-4 but Achilles, dear to Zeus, roused him, and round about his mighty shoulders Athene flung her tasselled aegis. Greek Text ♠ Homer, Iliad 24.20-21 and with the golden aegis he covered him wholly, that Achilles might not tear his body as … Continue reading The Children of Zeus: Athena (page 85, with art)
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