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Troy

Trojan Epics: 19 Reclaiming the throne

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Odysseus meets with his son Telemachus, is almost revealed by his old nurse, then kills all the suitors before revealing himself to Penelope.

July 3, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 18 Returning to Ithaca

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After being entertained by Demodocus’ tale of Venus and Mars, Odysseus is delivered in the dead of night, still asleep, to a hidden harbour on Ithaca.

June 26, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 17 Meeting Nausicaä

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A princess takes her handmaids to the coast to wash her fine robes and themselves. Out steps Odysseus, naked except for strategic leaves, and asks for their help.

June 19, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 16 Sirens and Calypso

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Odysseus is lashed to the mast as his ship passes the Sirens without being lured away. He’s the only survivor after shipwreck, then is trapped with Calypso for seven years.

June 12, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 15 Escape from Circe

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She invited Odysseus and his crew to a feast, where she turned most of them into pigs. Odysseus avoids that fate, and later gets a prophecy from Tiresias.

June 5, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 14 Odysseus and Polyphemus

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Queen Penelope and their son Telemachus were awaiting the return of Odysseus, whose ships ended up off the island of the Cyclops.

May 29, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 13 The Sack of Troy

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The Greeks destroy Troy, then sail away until caught in gales. Sheltering off Thrace Achilles ghost demands human sacrifice.

May 22, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 12 Extinguishing the line

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The Greeks had three objectives: to extinguish the line of succession in the Trojan royal family; to raze the city to the ground; and to seize booty.

May 15, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 11 Paris killed and the Trojan Horse

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Ajax goes mad, then falls on his sword. The Greeks are told they need their master-archer and Achilles’ son, but still have to come up with a way of entering the city of Troy.

May 8, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 10 The death of Achilles

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First, Achilles kills Penthesileia, an Amazon, whose great beauty fills him with remorse. Then come Memnon, who proves Achilles’ undoing by Paris’s arrow.

May 1, 2023 General, Life, Painting

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