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Classical Mythology, 7th Edition - obinfonet: dia logou

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476 THE GREEK SAGAS: GREEK LOCAL LEGENDS<br />

The Sack of Troy. Attic red-figure hydria by the Kleophrades painter, ca. 480 B.c.; height of<br />

vase I6V2 in., height of painting 6V2 in. In the upper picture Priam sits on the altar with<br />

the dead and mutilated Astyanax across his knees, as Neoptolemus rushes forward to kill<br />

him. Behind Neoptolemus a Trojan woman attacks with a clublike implement, and behind<br />

her, to the right, Aethra is rescued by her grandchildren, Akamas and Demophon (see<br />

p. 564 for her being taken to Troy with Helen). In the lower image, Ascanius, on the left,<br />

leads the way for Aeneas (helmeted), who carries Anchises on his back (Anchises looks<br />

back toward the central scene). In the center Ajax Oileus brutally drags Cassandra from<br />

the statue of Athena, whose threatening stance foreshadows his fate. Between the statue<br />

and a palm tree Trojan women grieve for their coming fate. (Naples, Museo Nazionale.)

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