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Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The sack of Troy / Cycles / Mantua, Palazzo Ducale (Sarcophagus, probably 1st century AD)
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The sack of Troy / Death of Astyanax / Astyanax taken from Andromache's arms
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The sack of Troy / Priam killed by Neoptolemus / Priam killed in the temple of Apollo / With the body of his son Polites next to him

Further details

From right to left: Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus) killing Priam, with Polites lying dead by their feet. To their left, perhaps Hector's wife Andromache holding Astyanax in her arms.

Artist or creator

Ancient Roman

Date

2nd century

Location

Mantua, Palazzo Ducale

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Carl Robert, Die Antiken Sarkophagreliefs, vol. 2, Berlin, 1890, pp. 71-73, no. 73; Paul Zanker and Bjorn C. Ewald, Living with Myths: The Imagery of Roman Sarcophagi, trans. Julia Slater, Oxford, 2012, pp. 350-353

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