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1 Dioscuri (Castor and Polydeuces)
Attic black-figured neck amphora (ca BCE). Univ. of Mississippi Museum (Perseus Project).

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

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

4 Achilles Achilles Painter (his name-piece). Attic red-figured
amphora (c. 450 BCE). Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Vatican.

5 Achilles bandages the wounded Patroclus
Attic red figure kylix. Name vase of the Sosias Painter. (ca. 500 BCE). Berlin, Antikenmuseen.

6 Achilles and Ajax playing Morra
Exekias, Attic black-figured amphora (c. 530 BC). Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Vatican.

7 Achilles and Ajax playing a game
Athena in the center. Attic black-figured calyx krater (c BC). Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus Project).

8 Achilles and Ajax playing a game; Athena between them

9 Athena and Ajax fighting Hector and Apollo
By Douris. Attic red figure cup (ca BCE). Louvre (Perseus Project) Side B of previous vase

10 Detail of Ajax fighting Hector from previous vase

11 Aphrodite, Menelaus, Paris, Artemis
Side A of previous vase

12 Thetis receiving armor from Hephaistos
Attic red figure cup, name vase of the Foundry Painter (ca ). Berlin, Antikenmuseen (Perseus Project).

13 Achilles dragging Hector’s body
Attic black figure hydria (ca BCE). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Perseus Project)

14 Priam, Hecuba, Achilles, Hector Detail of previous vase

15 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)

16 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.

17 Eos mourning her dead son Memnon
By Douris. Attic red figure cup (ca BCE). Louvre. Perseus Project

18 Priam ransoming Hector’s body from Achilles
Attic red figure hydria kalpis (ca BCE). Cambridge, Harvard University Art Museums (Perseus Project).

19 Achilles (?) carrying the dead Penthesileia (?)
Attic black figure hydria (ca BCE). British Museum (Perseus Project)

20 Achilles and the dead Melanippus
Attic red figure calyx krater. Name vase of the Tyszkiewicz painter (ca BCE). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Perseus Project).

21 Diomedes fights Aeneas
Side B of previous vase.

22 Ajax carries the dead Achilles Attic black figure amphora, by
Exekias (?). Ca BCE. Munich, Antikensammlungen (Perseus Project)

23 Ajax carrying the dead Achilles
Right handle of Attic black figure volute krater, by Kleitias (ca BCE). Florence, Archaeological Museum (Perseus Project)

24 Sacrifice of Polyxena over the tomb of Achilles
Attic black figure Tyrrhenian amphora, by the Timiades Painter (?). (ca BCE). British Museum (Perseus Project)

25 Death of Priam Attic red figure hydria by the Kleophrades Painter (?). (ca BCE). Naples, Museo Nazionale (Perseus Project).

26 Iulus, Aeneas, Anchises; Ajax and Cassandra
From previous vase

27 Ilioupersis (the fall of Troy)
Attic red figure cup, by the Brygos Painter (?) (ca BCE). Louvre (Perseus Project)

28 Line drawing of previous vase

29 Priam at the altar, just before his death
Detail of previous vase

30 Neoptolemos, threatening Priam and holding Astyanax
Another detail of the vase

31 Greek soldier leading away a Trojan captive
Another detail from the vase

32 Iliupersis Attic black figure hydria (ca BCE). Munich, Antikensammlungen (Perseus Project)

33 Aeneas carrying Anchises
Attic black figure neck amphora (Archaic). British Museum (Perseus Project)


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