THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Hector
1. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Recognition of Paris in the house of Priam.
Relief of the front of Etruscan cinerary urn.
Travertine.
2nd—1st centuries BCE.
Inv. No. 5742.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
2. CERAMICS. Greece.
Cassandra and Hector.
Red-figure kantharos. Attic.
By the Eretria Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 425—420 BCE.
Inv. No. Ta 177009.
Gravina in Puglia, Ettore Pomarici-Santomasi Foundation.
3. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Recognition of Paris in the house of Priam.
Relief of the front of Etruscan cinerary urn.
Alabaster. 2nd century BCE.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum.
4. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
So-called “Vase of Patroclus”, side B.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Darius Painter.
Clay. 340—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 81954 (?).
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
5. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
So-called “Vase of Patroclus”, side A.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Darius Painter.
Clay. 340—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 81954 (?).
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of scenes from the Iliad (known as “The Pianabella sarcophagus”).
Greek marble. 160 CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 43504.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of scenes from the Iliad (known as “The Pianabella sarcophagus”) — the front panel.
Greek marble. 160 CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 43504.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
“Achilles mourning the dead Patroclus” — scene from the front panel of the sarcophagus with representation of scenes from the Iliad.
Greek marble. 160 CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 43504.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Scene from the lid of the sarcophagus with representation of scenes from the Iliad: Achilles dragging Hector’s corpse round the Patroclus’ tomb.
Greek marble. 160 CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 43504.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
10. SCULPTURE. Rome.
“Achilles washing Hector’s corpse prior to its restoration to Priam” — scene from the lid of the sarcophagus with representation of scenes from the Iliad.
Greek marble. 160 CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 43504.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
11. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and the body of Hector.
Red-figure kylix. Attic, Athens.
Signed by Hieron as potter; attributed to Macron as painter.
Ca. 490—480 BCE.
Inv. Nos. G 153 / Cp 47-50.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Trojan slab (Tabula Iliaca).
Calcite.
1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 316.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Trojan slab (Tabula Iliaca).
Calcite.
1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 316.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
14. SCULPTURE. Greece.
A fragment of front panel of a sarcophagus with a scene of ransoming of Hector’s body.
Marble. Late 2nd—early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. 322 / 323.
Sparta, Archaeological Museum.
15. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
The duel between Eteocles and Polynices. (Variant: Death of Patroclus.)
Relief of the front of Etruscan cinerary urn.
Alabaster. 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 28136.
Verona, Museum-Lapidarium of Maffei.
16. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Recognition of Paris in the house of Priam.
Relief of the front of Etruscan cinerary urn.
Alabaster. 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 28137.
Verona, Museum-Lapidarium of Maffei.