The Events of the Iliad (page 620, with art)

Chapter 16, The Trojan War

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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)

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From right to left, Achilleus stands next to tripod, facing chariots of Olyteus (i.e. Odysseus), Automedon and Diomedes; from A. Furtwaengler and K. Reichhold, Griechische Vasenmalerei: Auswahl hervorragender Vasenbilder (Serie I, 1904) pl. 12

From right to left, chariots of Diomedes, Damasippos and Hypothoon; from A. Furtwaengler and K. Reichhold, Griechische Vasenmalerei: Auswahl hervorragender Vasenbilder (Serie I, 1904) pl. 11

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Paestum Museum: metope from Hera I temple at Foce del Sele with Hektor (or Euphorbos) and Patroklos

Kosmos Society: Paestum, Magna Graecia

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Brussels, Musées Royaux A4: Late Corinthian olpe with grieving, reclining Achilleus and his consoling mother Thetis (to left of Achilleus); behind Thetis, Odysseus and unidentified woman; to right of Achilleus, Phoenix and two unidentified women; above Achilleus, his new weapons made by Hephaistos

Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts vol. 7 (1892), pl. 1.

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Cervetri, Museo Nazionale Cerite (formerly New York, Metropolitan Museum): Attic red-figure crater by Euphronios, with Hypnos and Thanatos lifting the body of Sarpedon under the guidance of Hermes, as two Trojan warriors stand guard

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Berlin, Antikensammlung F2278: Attic red-figure cup/kylix by the Sosias Painter with Achilleuss binding the wound of Patroklos

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Munich, Antikensammlungen 2618: Attic red-figure cup  by Oltos with  ransoming of Hektor

On side A (above), Achilleus reclines on a couch while Briseis crowns him; body of Hektor lies under his couch; behind Briseis is a Greek soldier; Priam approaches Achilles from left; behind him are Hermes and Trojan Herodoros with gifts; on side B (below), Trojans and horses bringing gifts; from A. Furtwaengler and K. Reichhold, Griechische Vasenmalerei: Auswahl hervorragender Vasenbilder (Serie II, 1909) pl. 83

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Vienna, Kunsthisotisches Museum 3710: Attic red-figure skyphos by the Brygos Painter with ransoming of Hektor

Achilleus reclines while eating and looking at his cupbearer; underneath his couch is body of Hektor; Priam and Trojans with gifts approach from left; from A. Furtwaengler and K. Reichhold, Griechische Vasenmalerei: Auswahl hervorragender Vasenbilder (Serie II, 1909) pl. 84

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East frieze of the Siphnian Treasury, Delphi Museum: assembly of pro-Trojan (facing right) and pro-Greek (facing left) gods and battle over a corpse, possibly Sarpedon, Patroklos or Antilochos, son of Nestor (standing on far right)

Classical Art Research Centre, Univ. of Oxford

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Artistic sources edited by R. Ross Holloway, Elisha Benjamin Andrews Professor Emeritus, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown Univ., and Frances Van Keuren, Prof. Emerita, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Univ. of Georgia, December 2021

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