Paris
pursuing 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.
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).
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.