Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Stesichoros, Iliou Persis 205 PMG – Poetae Melici Graeci, pp. 205-6, ed. D. L. Page. Oxford 1962. ♦ Paris, Louvre F122: Attic black-figure eye cup with armed Aineias fleeing Troy, carrying his father Anchises on his back and accompanied by his son Askanios, whose legs are … Continue reading Aineias (page 715, 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 14: Thebes Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Euripides, Bakchai 337-40 You see the wretched fate of Actaeon, who was torn apart in the meadows by the blood-thirsty hounds he had raised, having boasted that he was superior in the hunt to Artemis. Greek Text ♠ Aischylos fr 241 R Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta … Continue reading Aktaion (page 480, 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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