by Dr. Donald Huber
The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, USA
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1. Title page
2. The Homeric Style
3. Head of Hera, terra-cotta, Olympia, 600 B.C. and Head of Zeus, Olympia, 490 B.C.
4. Mythological Megatext, Aphrodite persuades Helen to elope with Paris
5. Helen elopes with Paris, Attic red-figure skyphos, 490 B.C., by Makron
6. Judgment of Paris, Attica, 410 B.C.
7. Black-figure hydria, 510 B.C.
8. Quarreling Heroes, Black-figure hydria, 510 B.C.
9. Geometric amphora, Attica, 750 B.C.
10. Geometric amphora, Attica, 750 B.C.
11. Achilles and Ajax playing a game, Black-figure amphora, Attica, 540 B.C., by Exekias
12. Warrior Departing from Home, Red-figure stamnos, Attica, 430 B.C., by Kleophon painter
13. Andromache and Hector, Helen and Paris
14. Women weaving, Black-figure lekythos, Attica, 550 B.C., by Amasis painter
15. Tragic Irony, Slaying of Astyanax
16. Tragic Irony, Slaying of Astyanax
17. Discovery of Achilles, Roman sarcophagus, 200-250, London
18. Embassy to Achilles, Red-figure, Attica, 480 B.C., by Triptolemus painter
19. Phoenix and Briseis, Red-figure, Vulci, 490 B.C., by Brygos painter
20. Apollo from Olympia
21. The fight over Patroclus body
22. The fight over Patroclus body, cont.
23. Menelaus with body of Patroclus
25. Achilles attacks Hector, Red figure, Attica, volute, 490 B.C., by Berlin painter
27. Bronze statue, Athens (Piraeus), mid-4th c. B.C.
28. Priam implores Achilles
29. Priam implores Achilles, cont.
30. Priam comes to recover body of Hector
31. Priam comes to recover body of Hector, cont.