Menelaus And Paris By Johann Heinrich Tischbein The Elder 1757

"With this he threw himself on Paris, seizing him by his helm’s thick horsehair crest, whirled him round and dragged him towards the Achaean lines. Paris was choked by the richly inlaid strap of his helm, drawn tight beneath his chin, pressing on his soft throat. And Menelaus would have hauled him off and won endless glory, had not Zeus’ daughter Aphrodite, swift to see it, broken the ox-hide strap, so the empty helm was left in Menelaus’ strong grip."

-Homer, The Iliad, Book 3.310-394

Menelaus And Paris By Johann Heinrich Tischbein The Elder Aka The Kasseler Tischbein German 1722-1789.

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