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🏺 the Trojan Horse

  • <span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11321468" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11321468">🎨 Bronze Statue of "Wooden Horse" on the Acropolis, Athens, by Strongylion (LIMC Menestheus 3)</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11321590" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11321590">🎨 Wall Painting of the Fall of Troy in the Lesche of the Cnidians by Polygnotos, Delphi (LIMC Ilioupersis 25)</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11321695" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11321695">🎨 Bronze Statue of the Trojan Horse at Delphi (LIMC Equus Troianus 28)</span>
  • Alternative names
    the Wooden Horse
    Information
    used to sack Troy
    Created by
    👤 Epeios (horse-builder)
    Created at
    🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) 🌍 Troy (Troad)
    Created from
    🌍 the Grove of Apollo (Mt Ida)
    Used by
    👤 Agamemnon 👤 Epeios (horse-builder) 👤 Odysseus 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy
    Used at
    🌍 Troy (Troad)
    Dedicated at
    🏛️ the Temple of Athena at Troy
    Related Entities
    👤 Acamas (Athenian) 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Antenor (Trojan) 👤 Anticlos 👤 Athena 👤 Calchas 👤 Cassandra 👤 Deiphobos (Trojan) 👤 Demophon (Athenian) 👤 Diomedes (Argive I) 👤 Epeios (horse-builder) 👤 Hera 👤 Helenos (Trojan) 👤 Laocoon 👤 Helen 👤 Priam 👤 Menelaos 👤 Menestheus (Athenian) 👤 Neoptolemos 👤 Odysseus 👤 Sinon 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👥 the Defenders of Troy 👤 Teucros (Salamian) 🏺 the Palladion (statue) 🏺 the Bow of Heracles 🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 the Beach of Troy 🌍 the Citadel of Troy 🏛️ the Walls of Troy 🏛️ the Temple of Athena at Troy 🌍 Lesbos (island) 🏺 the Bones of Pelops👤 Prylis 🌍 the Grove of Apollo (Mt Ida)🌍 the Sanctuary of Apollo Carneios at Sparta🏺 the Tools of Epeios
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.14📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.17📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.19📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 202-228📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 330-364📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 930-950📖 Pausanias 1.23.8📖 Pausanias 10.9.12📖 Pausanias 2.29.4📖 Homer, Odyssey 8.485-8.520📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.265-4.289📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.467-11.567📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 1-47📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 512-567📖 Pausanias 3.13.3-3.13.5📖 Pausanias 10.26.2-10.26.4📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.8-5.25📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.15-5.20📖 Little Iliad fr. 12 West📖 Little Iliad Argumentum 4 West📖 Little Iliad Argumentum 5 West📖 Sack of Troy Argumentum 1 West📖 Sack of Troy Argumentum 2-4 West📖 Sack of Troy fr. 1 West📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 16📖 Lucian, Hippias, or the Bath 2📖 Ovid, Ibis 483-484📖 Callimachus, Iambi 7 = fr. 197-197a Pfeiffer📖 Aeschylus, Agamemnon 810-843
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeLycophron, AlexandraHomer, OdysseyEuripides, Trojan Women Little IliadPausanias Sack of TroyPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesLucian, Hippias, or the BathOvid, IbisAeschylus, AgamemnonCallimachus, Iambi
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Odyssey 8.485-8.520
    Depictions
    🎨 Fragment of Cycladic Relief Terracotta Pithos or Amphora (CAMU Δ 871)🎨 Wall Paintings from House of Menander / Casa del Menandro I 10, 4, Pompeii (PALP r1-i10-p4-space-4)🎨 Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 7, 16, Pompeii (MANN 120176; LIMC Equus Troianus 7; PALP r9-i7-p16-space-a)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Cipius Pamphilus VII 6, 38, Pompeii (MANN 9010; PALP r7-i6-p38-space-23)🎨 Wall Paintings from atrium of the Villa Arianna, Stabiae (MANN 9527, 9893)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Bronze Statue of "Wooden Horse" on the Acropolis, Athens, by Strongylion (LIMC Menestheus 3)🎨 Wall Painting of the Fall of Troy in the Lesche of the Cnidians by Polygnotos, Delphi (LIMC Ilioupersis 25)🎨 Bronze Statue of the Trojan Horse at Delphi (LIMC Equus Troianus 28)
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