23 October 2001

Classical Mythology, 6th edition:
- Chapter 17: The Trojan Saga and the Iliad, pp. 348-387.

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Companion to Classical Mythology, 6th edition. Companion website for our textbook. For further clarification of the chapter, go through the summaries on the site, look at the links, take the quiz.

Pre-Trojan War scenes

Dioskouroi (Castor and Polydeuces, brothers of Helen), with a warrior between them. Attic black-figured neck amphora (c. 550-540 BCE). Univ. of Mississippi Museum (Perseus Project).
Dioskouroi (Castor and Polydeuces, brothers of Helen). Attic black-figured amphora (Archaic period). Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum (Perseus Project).
Paris persuing Helen (?). Polygnotos II. Attic red-figured skyphos (c. 460-450 BCE). Univ. of Mississippi Museums (Perseus Project).
Pre-war Embassy of Odysseus and Menelaus to Troy. Seated are Menelaus, Odysseus, and Talthybios the herald. Standing are Theano and her maids, Dia and Malo. Behind them, on horses, are Harmatides, Glaukos, and Eurymachos, the sons of Theano and Antenor, brother of Hecuba. Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Vatican.
Achilles . Achilles Painter (his name-piece). Attic red-figured amphora (c. 450 BCE). Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Vatican.

Deaths of heroes:

Achilles and Ajax playing the board game, "morra". Exekias, Attic black-figured amphora (c. 530 BC). Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Vatican.
Achilles and Ajax playing "morra," another vase. Athena in the center. Attic black-figured calyx krater (c. 520-515 BC). Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus Project).
Struggle over the body of Achilles. Menelaus struggles with Amasos on the left while another warrior tries to lift the body. Exekias painter, Attic black-figured amphora (c. 550-525 BC). Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum (Perseus Project).
Struggle over the body of Antilochus. Reverse side of the vase above.
Eos mourning her dead son, Memnon. Painter of the Vatican Mourner (his name piece), Attic black-figured amphora (c. 530 BC). Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Vatican.

The fall of Troy:

Rhodes sculptors, the Laocoön Group. Marble, 1st c. AD. After a bronze original from the 2nd c. BC. Pio-Clementine Museum, the Vatican.
Laocoön, detail. Same sculpture as above.
Aeneas carrying Anchises. Attic red-figured vase (c. 470-460 BC). Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Perseus Project).