Monday, January 14, 2019

Achilles in the Attic red-figure Greek amphoras

Attic black-figure amphora depicting the son of Achilles,Neoptolemos killing Priamus on the altar.520-510 BC. Louvre.

Attic red-figure krater depicting Achilles against Hector.490-460 BC.British Museum.

Ajax carrying the body of Achilles.Attic black-figure amphora,510 BC.

 Ajax and Achilles playing a board game during a break in the fighting under the walls of Troy.Exekias Painter,530 BC
 Priam is asking Achilles to return Hector’s body.(500-450 BC.Athens)
Achilles killing Hektor.Lekythos,6th c.BC.Arch.Museum of Delos island,Cyclades,Greece.

Achilles dragging the body of Hector.Attic white-ground lekythos,490 BC.From Eretria,Euboea,terracotta.Louvre Museum

The brutal consequences of war are vividly evoked in this brilliant painting.Ajax carrying the body of Achilles,570BC

Achilles kill Pentheselia.Amphora of Exekias,535 BC.

Achilles watching out for Polyxena near the fountain.Attic white ground lekythos,ca.480 BC.

Achilles tending the wounded Patroclus.Attic red-figure kylix,ca.500 BC.

Hector salutes Andromache and Astyanax before the duel with Achilles.370 BC.

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