1. Chapter 21 Lecture One of Two
The Fall of Troy
and Its Aftermath
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The Judgment of the Arms of Achilles
The Greeks at Troy
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Arms of Achilles
The race of warrior women arrive to help the Trojans
Achilles kills their leader, Penthesilea, at the very moment he falls in love with her.
Thersites mocks Achilles and is killed
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Fig. 21.1
The Death of Penthesilea
Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich; © Foto Marburg/Art Resource, New York
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Arms of Achilles
Achilles killed by Paris (with Apollo’s help)
His armor awarded to Odysseus by some trickery – not Ajax
Ajax, humiliated, kills himself
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Fig. 21.2
Suicide of Ajax
British Museum, London; © Trustees of The British Museum / Art Resource, New York
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The Trojan Horse
The Greeks at Troy
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The Trojan Horse
New conditions for Troy’s fall
Neoptolemus must come into the battle
The Palladium must be stolen from Troy
The powerful bow and arrows of Heracles must be brought to the battle – must bring Philoctetes, who has them.
Still Troy won’t fall
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The Trojan Horse
Odysseus conceives the idea of the horse
Epeus
Tenedos
Sinon
Laocoön
The conflicting memories of Menelaüs and Helen about the horse (Odyssey)
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Fig. 21.3
The Trojan Horse
Archaeological Museum, Myconos; Erich Lessing/Art Resource, New York
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Fig. 21.4
The Death of Laocoön
Vatican Museums; author’s photo
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The Fall of Troy
The Greeks at Troy
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The Fall of Troy
Many outrages committed by the Greeks during the sack
Priam murdered by Neoptolemus at the altar of Zeus
Hector’s son, Astyanax
The Locrian, Ajax the Lesser, and Cassandra
Polyxena
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14. Fig. 21.5 Sacrifice of Polyxena
British Museum, London; © Trustees of the British Museum
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The Fall of Troy
Menelaüs nearly kills Helen in anger, but relents
The ancestor of Rome, Aeneas, escapes
Anchises and Ascanius
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