Left: Akamas leading away the Trojan princess Polyxena - Center & right: King Priam awaiting the deadly stroke by Neoptolemos, who holds the dead boy Astyanax in his hand
Louvre G152
Iloupersis (the fall of Troy), detail. Side B from an Attic red-figure kylix, ca. 490 BC. From Vulci.
Brygos (potter, signed) & Brygos Painter
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Sides A and B: Ilioupersis. The scenes on the two exterior sides of the cup, although compositionally self-contained, are linked by a figure of a fallen Trojan, holding his sword up and shielding himself from the attack of a Greek, under one handle. A palmette under the other handle marks beginning and end of the scene.
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Side A: On the left, a Greek (labelled Akamas) leads a Trojan female prisoner (labelled Polyxene) away to the left. He wears helmet, chitoniskos, himation, and greaves and carries a spear and shield with snake device. Polyxene is draped in Ionic chiton and himation, wears a stephane and earrings, and has a long pendant lock of hair.
In the center of the scene is the altar upon which Priam has taken refuge. The Trojan king sits on the altar, legs splayed, enveloped in Ionic chiton and himation, and holds his arms out in supplication to the Greek Neoptolemos, son of the fallen Achilles. Priam's hair and beard are rendered in added white, and his hair is tied with a fillet painted in added red. Neoptolemos wears the same armor as the other Greeks, and holds a round shield emblazoned with a lion device. His spear falls backwards as he attacks Priam with the corpse of Astyanax, Priam's grandson. The dead boy is shown with blonde hair. Behind the altar is a large tripod with three ring handles.
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While the figures and action are generally similar to those of other contemporary Ilioupersis representations, the names of the combatants are quite different (e.g. Naples 2422 by the Kleophrades Painter, Malibu 83.AE.362 by Onesimos). The Trojans are all unarmed, the Greeks armed with helmets, shields and other weapons; this too contrasts to other representations where both sides are armed.
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Left: Akamas leading away the Trojan princess Polyxena - Center & right: King Priam awaiting the deadly stroke by Neoptolemos, who holds the dead boy Astyanax in his hand
Louvre G152
Iloupersis (the fall of Troy), detail. Side B from an Attic red-figure kylix, ca. 490 BC. From Vulci.
Brygos (potter, signed) & Brygos Painter
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Sides A and B: Ilioupersis. The scenes on the two exterior sides of the cup, although compositionally self-contained, are linked by a figure of a fallen Trojan, holding his sword up and shielding himself from the attack of a Greek, under one handle. A palmette under the other handle marks beginning and end of the scene.
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Side A: On the left, a Greek (labelled Akamas) leads a Trojan female prisoner (labelled Polyxene) away to the left. He wears helmet, chitoniskos, himation, and greaves and carries a spear and shield with snake device. Polyxene is draped in Ionic chiton and himation, wears a stephane and earrings, and has a long pendant lock of hair.
In the center of the scene is the altar upon which Priam has taken refuge. The Trojan king sits on the altar, legs splayed, enveloped in Ionic chiton and himation, and holds his arms out in supplication to the Greek Neoptolemos, son of the fallen Achilles. Priam's hair and beard are rendered in added white, and his hair is tied with a fillet painted in added red. Neoptolemos wears the same armor as the other Greeks, and holds a round shield emblazoned with a lion device. His spear falls backwards as he attacks Priam with the corpse of Astyanax, Priam's grandson. The dead boy is shown with blonde hair. Behind the altar is a large tripod with three ring handles.
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While the figures and action are generally similar to those of other contemporary Ilioupersis representations, the names of the combatants are quite different (e.g. Naples 2422 by the Kleophrades Painter, Malibu 83.AE.362 by Onesimos). The Trojans are all unarmed, the Greeks armed with helmets, shields and other weapons; this too contrasts to other representations where both sides are armed.
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www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/artifact?name=Louvre+G+152&a...