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Greek myth-makers crafted the downfall of Troy and its rulers into an archetypal illustration of ruthless conquest, deceit, crime and punishment, and the variability of human fortunes. This book examines the major episodes in the archetypal myth - the murder of Priam, the rape of Kassandra, the reunion of Helen and Menelaos, and the escape of Aineias - as witnessed in Archaic Greek epic, fifth-century Athenian drama, and Athenian black- and red-figure vase painting. It focuses in particular on the narrative artistry with which poets and painters balanced these episodes with one another and intertwined them with other chapters in the story of Troy. The author offers the first comprehensive demonstration of the narrative centrality of the Ilioupersis myth within the corpus of Trojan epic poetry, and the first systematic study of pictorial juxtapositions of Ilioupersis scenes on painted vases.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Fall of Troy in Early Greek Poetry and Art
• Author: Michael J. Anderson
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 294
• EAN: 9780198150640
• ISBN: 0198150644
• ID: 04522161
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 470 g
• Dimensions: 224 × 143 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. March 1997

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