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GODS AND MYTHS
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The theft of the Palladium / Diomedes steals the Palladium
SOCIAL LIFE
Further details
This scene shows the theft of the Palladium by Ulysses (left, carrying the Palladium) and Diomedes, the masques show that it illustrated not the myth but a Burlesque based on it
Artist or creator
Date
380 BC (circa) - 360 BC
Location
London, British Museum (Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities) (inv. 1884,0409.9)
Associated persons
Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
H. B. Walters et al., Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, London 1893, no. F366
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Acknowledgements
Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation
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