Dioscuri (Castor and Polydeuces)

Attic black-figured neck amphora (ca. 550-540 BCE). Univ. of Mississippi Museum

(Perseus Project).

Dioscuri

Attic black-figured amphora (Archaic period). Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum (Perseus Project).

Prewar embassy of Odysseus and Menelaus

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 ofTheano and Antenor, brother of Hecuba. Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Vatican.

AchillesAchilles Painter (his name-piece). Attic red-figuredamphora (c. 450BCE). GregorianEtruscan Museum,

the Vatican.

Achilles bandages the wounded Patroclus

Attic red figure kylix.Name vase of theSosias Painter. (ca. 500 BCE). Berlin,Antikenmuseen.

Achilles and Ajax playing Morra

Exekias, Attic black-figured amphora (c. 530 BC). Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Vatican.

Achilles and Ajax playing a game

Athena in the center. Attic black-figured calyx krater (c. 520-515 BC). Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus Project).

Achilles and Ajax playing a game; Athena between them

Athena and Ajax fighting Hector and Apollo

By Douris. Attic red figure cup (ca. 485-480 BCE). Louvre (Perseus Project)Side B of previous vase

Detail of Ajax fighting Hector from previous vase

Aphrodite, Menelaus, Paris, Artemis

Side A of previous vase

Thetis receiving armor from Hephaistos

Attic red figure cup, name vase of the Foundry Painter (ca. 490-480).Berlin, Antikenmuseen (Perseus Project).

Achilles dragging Hector’s body

Attic black figure hydria (ca. 520-510 BCE). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Perseus Project)

Priam, Hecuba, Achilles, Hector

Detail of previous vase

Achilles and Memnon fight while their mothers look on

Attic black figure amphora. Name vase of the Painter of Munich 1410(ca. 520 BCE). Munich, Antikensammlungen (Perseus Project)

Eos mourning her dead son Eos

Painter of the Vatican Mourner (his name piece), Attic black-figured amphora(c. 530 BC). Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Vatican.

Eos mourning her dead son Memnon

By Douris. Attic red figure cup (ca. 485-480 BCE). Louvre. Perseus Project

Priam ransoming Hector’s body from Achilles

Attic red figure hydria kalpis (ca. 510-500 BCE). Cambridge, HarvardUniversity Art Museums (Perseus Project).

Achilles (?) carrying the dead Penthesileia (?)

Attic black figure hydria (ca. 515-500 BCE). British Museum(Perseus Project)

Achilles and the dead Melanippus

Attic red figure calyx krater. Namevase of the Tyszkiewicz painter(ca. 490-480 BCE). Museum ofFine Arts, Boston (Perseus Project).

Diomedes fights Aeneas

Side B of previous vase.

Ajax carries the dead Achilles

Attic black figure amphora, byExekias (?). Ca. 545-530 BCE.Munich, Antikensammlungen(Perseus Project)

Ajax carrying the dead Achilles

Right handle of Attic black figure volute krater, by Kleitias (ca. 570-560 BCE). Florence, Archaeological Museum (Perseus Project)

Sacrifice of Polyxena over the tomb of Achilles

Attic black figure Tyrrhenian amphora, by the Timiades Painter (?). (ca. 570-560 BCE). British Museum (Perseus Project)

Death of Priam

Attic red figure hydria by the Kleophrades Painter (?). (ca. 480-455 BCE).Naples, Museo Nazionale (Perseus Project).

Iulus, Aeneas, Anchises; Ajax and Cassandra

From previous vase

Ilioupersis (the fall of Troy)

Attic red figure cup, by the Brygos Painter (?) (ca. 480-475 BCE). Louvre (Perseus Project)

Line drawing of previous vase

Priam at the altar, just before his death

Detail of previous vase

Neoptolemos, threatening Priam and holding Astyanax

Another detail of the vase

Greek soldier leading away a Trojan captive

Another detail from the vase

Iliupersis

Attic black figure hydria (ca. 520-550 BCE). Munich, Antikensammlungen(Perseus Project)

Aeneas carrying Anchises

Attic black figure neck amphora (Archaic). British Museum(Perseus Project)