Aithiopis XXV – Scene from the Siphnian Treasury in Delphi
Battle between heroes identified by the barely legible names written in color beside the figures. The central figures would be the Ethiopian king Memnon (ally of Troy) and Achilles fighting over the body of Antilochos son of Nestor. The two adversaries are flanked by other fighting heroes: Aeneas for the Trojans, while the Achaean warrior behind Achilles is not clearly identified. The companion of Achilles might be Ajax. The Trojan and Greek charioteers might be identified, respectively, as Lykon (named by inscription, ΛΥΚΟN) and Automedon (by retrograde inscription, ΝΟΔΕΜΟΤΥΑ). On the right side of the frieze, the figure of old Nestor can be discerned, whose stance encourages the Greeks in the battle that will bring them victory.
Source @ www.perseus.tufts.edu
Greek high-relief
High Arcaic Period
530 BC - 525 BC
Siphnian Treasury
Delphi, Archaeological Museum
Aithiopis XXV – Scene from the Siphnian Treasury in Delphi
Battle between heroes identified by the barely legible names written in color beside the figures. The central figures would be the Ethiopian king Memnon (ally of Troy) and Achilles fighting over the body of Antilochos son of Nestor. The two adversaries are flanked by other fighting heroes: Aeneas for the Trojans, while the Achaean warrior behind Achilles is not clearly identified. The companion of Achilles might be Ajax. The Trojan and Greek charioteers might be identified, respectively, as Lykon (named by inscription, ΛΥΚΟN) and Automedon (by retrograde inscription, ΝΟΔΕΜΟΤΥΑ). On the right side of the frieze, the figure of old Nestor can be discerned, whose stance encourages the Greeks in the battle that will bring them victory.
Source @ www.perseus.tufts.edu
Greek high-relief
High Arcaic Period
530 BC - 525 BC
Siphnian Treasury
Delphi, Archaeological Museum