Orestes’ Revenge (page 679, with art)

Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♦ Paestum, Museo Nazionale Archeologico: metope from the Heraion alla Foce del Sele, with Orestes trying to defend himself from serpentine Erinys? Wikimedia Digital LIMC (under scene 17; no photo) ♦ Paestum, Museo Nazionale Archeologico: metope from the Heraion alla … Continue reading Orestes’ Revenge (page 679, with art)

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Kadmos (page 470, with art)

Chapter 14: Thebes Previous Page  Table of Contents    Next Page ΣA Iliad 2.494 – Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem, ed. W. Dindorf and E. Maass. Vol. I, pp. 112-14. Oxford 1875. Greek Text ♦ Paris, Musée du Louvre E699: Laconian black-figure cup with Kadmos (?) at fountain house with two snakes (see also p. 600) Wikimedia … Continue reading Kadmos (page 470, with art)

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Troilos and Lykaon (page 600, with art)

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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