The Landing: Protesilaos, Kyknos, and the Embassy to Troy (page 595, with art)

Chapter 16, The Trojan War Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♦ Vatican Museums, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco K40099 (Astarita Krater): Late Corinthian column krater, Greek embassy seeking the recovery of Helen flickr image: seated Greeks Menelaos, Odysseus and Talthybios are greeted by Trojan Theano (wife of Antenor) and two maids flickr image: Trojan trophos … Continue reading The Landing: Protesilaos, Kyknos, and the Embassy to Troy (page 595, with art)

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Minor Divinities (page 150, with art)

Chapter 3: Olympos, the Underworld, and Minor Divinities Previous Page    Table of Contents    Next Page ♠ Homeric Hymn to Hermes 4.552-63 There are certain holy ones, sisters born —three virgins gifted with wings: their heads are besprinkled with white meal, and they dwell under a ridge of Parnassus. These are teachers of divination apart from … Continue reading Minor Divinities (page 150, with art)

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