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GODS AND MYTHS

Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The sack of Troy / Priam killed by Neoptolemus / Priam bludgeoned to death with the body of Astyanax

Further details

Beazley suggested that this composition is inspired by images of Neoptolemus using the dead Astyanax as weapon to kill his grandfather, but on this vase Priamus is shown in a save distance

Artist or creator

Faliscan

Date

4th century BC

Location

Rome, Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

John Beazley, Etruscan Vase Painting, p. 94, no. 2

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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