Live and Let Die - in Greek Epic

Almut Fries explores the iconography of the black-figured wine jug
in this TORCH Bite-Size talk at the Ashmolean Museum LiveFriday The
Attic black-figured wine jug illustrates a crucial scene from The
Illiad, a tale in which heroism and villainy merge. This talk will
explain the iconography of the vase painting (including the
symbolism of the animal skins Dolon and Diomedes are wearing) and
locate it in Greek mythical history – Homer and beyond