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GODS AND MYTHS
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / Ulysses and Diomedes question and kill Dolon / Dolon captured
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / Ulysses and Diomedes question and kill Dolon / Dolon killed by Diomedes
LITERATURE
Ancient / Homer / Iliad / Cycles / Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Cod. F 205 Inf. (Ambrosian Iliad) / Manuscript
Ancient / Homer / Iliad / Book X: Diomedes and Ulysses are sent out as spies during the night, they question and kill Dolon / vv. 376-445: Diomedes and Ulysses capture and question the Trojan spy Dolon
Ancient / Homer / Iliad / Book X: Diomedes and Ulysses are sent out as spies during the night, they question and kill Dolon / vv. 454-457: Diomedes beheads Dolon and takes his helmet
MAGIC AND SCIENCE
Further details
The text speaks only of a beheading, not of dismemberment
Artist or creator
Date
5th century (late) - 6th century (early)
Location
Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Cod. F 205 Inf.
Associated persons
Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
Ilias Ambrosiana, Cod. F. 205. P. Inf. Bibliothecae Ambrosianae Mediolanensis, Fontes Ambrosiani 28, Berne 1953
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Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation
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