Images of the Trojan War Myth
Events before the War
Leda and the Swan/Zeus
Abduction of Helen by Theseus
Peleus wrestling with Thetis
Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
Peleus bringing Achilles to Chiron
Achilles and Chiron
Judgement of Paris
Judgement of Paris
Alexandros/Paris abducting Helen
The sacrifice of Iphigenia
The Lion Gate at Mycenae,
"the palace of Agamemnon"
The Trojan War
Homeric battle scenes featuring
Hector, Paris, Menelaus and their gods
Ajax and Achilles gaming, with Athena
Briseis
Agamemnon taking Briseis
The mission to Achilles
Achilles tending the wounded Patroclus
Hector and Andromache, Helen and Paris
Departure of Hector
Achilles receiving armor from Thetis
Achilles dragging the corpse of Hector
The ransom of Hector's body.
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Vase with scenes of
Achilles and Memnon, and Diomedes fighting Aeneas
Vase showing
Achilles fighting Pentheselia, and Memnon with attendants
Achilles killing Pentheselia
Eos with the body of Memnon.
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The death of Achilles
Ajax carrying the dead Achilles
The Fall of Troy and After
Scenes from the fall of Troy
Ajax raping Cassandra
Menelaos taking Helen (same vase as Peleus and Chiron)
Aeneas carrying Anchises,
and
another view
Odysseus presenting Achilles' armor to Neoptolemus
The death of Ajax
Neoptolemus sacrificing Polyxena
The Homecomings
Odysseus and Nausicaa
Elpenor addressing Odysseus,
who
stands next to Hermes
Odyseeus consulting Tiresias in Hades
Odysseus blinding Polyphemus
Odysseus escaping the Cyclops' cave
Odysseus and the Sirens
Penelope and Telemachus
The Nurse washing Odysseus' feet
Odysseus slaying the suitors
Sites
Mycenae, Home of Agamemnon
Pylos, Home of Nestor