Dido, Queen of Carthage

Art, History, Literature, and the Ancient World 

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Scenes of the centaur Chiron instructing Achilles, from a series of twelve prints by Gaetano Gherardo Zompini after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione 

Italian, 1758

etching

MFA Boston x x x 

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Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the Waters of the Styx by Donato Creti

Italian, 1671–1749

pen and brown ink

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Theseus Finding His Father’s Arms by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, called Il Grechetto

Italian, 1645 (published 1648)

etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Circe Changing the Companions of Ulysses into Beasts by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, called Il Grechetto

Italian, 1650-1651

etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Chariot of Apollo by Peter Paul Rubens, interpretation of a ceiling fresco designed by Francesco Primaticcio for a room in the Galerie d’Ulysse at the royal château of Fontainebleau, now destroyed

Flemish, perhaps 1620s

oil on panel, marouflaged

private collection

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Two episodes from the Odyssey, possibly by Peter Paul Rubens after Francesco Primaticcio

Flemish, 17th century

oil on paper

Rijksmuseum x x 

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Achilles Removing Patroclus’ Body from the Battle by Léon Davent, after Giulio Romano

French, c. 1547

etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Mars Seated on His Trophies and Bellona Seated on Her Trophies by Léon Davent after Francesco Primaticcio

French, c. 1540-1545

etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Alexander Mastering Bucephalus by Léon Davent after Francesco Primaticcio

French, 1540-1546

etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Alexander the Great commanding that the work of Homer be placed in the tomb of Achilles by Marcantonio Raimondi

Italian, c. 1500-1534

engraving

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Gold ring inset with cameo gem of Achilles driving his chariot around the walls of Troy

Roman, Imperial Period, 1st century 

glass paste and gold

Getty Museum

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Red-figure calyx-krater with scene of Odysseus and his companions preparing to bind the Cyclops, perhaps inspired by Euripides’ satyr play Cyclops 

Greek (from Lucania in Italy), Classical Period, c. 420-410 B.C.

terracotta

British Museum

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Red-figure stamnos, the so-called Siren Vase, depicting the ship of Odysseus passing the Sirens, attributed to the Siren Painter

Greek (made in Attica), Classical Period, c. 480-470 B.C.

terracotta

British Museum

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Details from a red-figure calyx-krater depicting scenes of the Trojan War

Greek (manufactured at Athens), Late Archaic Period, c. 490-480 B.C.

terracotta

MFA Boston

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Red-figure amphora with Hephaestus polishing the shield of Achilles, attributed to the Dutuit Painter

Greek (manufactured at Athens), Classical Period, c. 480 B.C.

terracotta

MFA Boston

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Red-figure kylix with warrior in tondo and exterior athletic scenes 

Attributed to a painter of the Thorvaldsen Group

Greek (Attic), Archaic Period (c. 500 B.C.)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Detail of a warrior testing his trumpet from the tondo of a red-figure kylix 

Attributed to the Ashby Painter

Greek (Attic), Archaic Period (c. 500 B.C.)

Metropolitan Museum of Art