hector's white bones in soft robes of purple (Posts tagged art)

Odysseus relating his story at the court of Alcinous by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853)

aw i love nausicaa resting in her mother's lap also shoutout to the guy with his forearm on his head like me when i'm intently listening to something alcinous arete nausicaa odysseus the odyssey art greek mythology

Amphiaraus (swallowed by the earth). Engraving by Domenico del Barbiere (1506–1565)

Source: metmuseum.org

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Odysseus yearns for Ithaca | Heinrich Tischbein (1751–1829)

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Tecmessa, Her Son, and Teucer Lamenting the Dead Ajax (1809). Etching by Carl Russ

i'm fascinated by how intensely backlit it is with everyone cast in shadow even as a new dawn breaks telamonian ajax big ajax tecmessa eurysaces teucer carl russ art trojan war greek mythology epic cycle tagamemnon

Sarpédon (1874) by Henri Lévy

Zeus mourns the death of his son Sarpedon, killed by Patroclus (not pictured). Death (Thanatos) and Sleep (Hypnos) carry the corpse.

this is the first time i've seen this motif include zeus! OH it's so tender sarpedon zeus thanatos hypnos the iliad trojan war epic cycle tagamemnon henri lévy henri levy art

Astyanax Thrown From the Walls of Troy, sculpture by Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850)

apparently the statue doesn't exist anymore :( i'd love a closer look at everyone's faces astyanax neoptolemus andromache greek mythology trojan war tagamemnon lorenzo bartolini sculpture art

Thetis gives the divine armor to Achilles

Illustration by Bonaventura Genelli, 1844

yay it actually includes how it's too bright for non-semidivine people to look directly at it thetis achilles patroclus (dead) phoinix bonaventura genelli art the iliad tagamemnon

Achilles battles the river Scamander while Hera asks Hephaestus for help

Illustration by Bonaventura Genelli, 1844

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The embassy to Achilles. Patroclus leans over Achilles as they listen to the arguments of Phoinix, Ajax and Odysseus

Illustration by Bonaventura Genelli, 1844

odysseus did not get the 'everyone (except the elderly) be naked' memo patroclus achilles phoinix telamonian ajax odysseus the iliad bonaventura genelli art tagamemnon

Ajax’ Abduction of Cassandra [1798/1799], drawn by Joseph Marcellin Combette after a statue by Claude Dejoux

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