The Altıkulaç Sarcophagus 400-375 BCE

"ZEUS: Ah how shameless — the way these mortals blame the Gods. From us alone, they say, come all their miseries, yes, but they themselves, with their own reckless ways, compound their pains beyond their proper share."

-Homer, The Odyssey: Book 1.31-34

An Athenian mercenary peltast (left) supporting an Achaemenid knight of Hellespontine Phrygia (center) attacking a Greek psilos (right), Altıkulaç Sarcophagus, early 4th century BCE. Current location: Çanakkale Archaeological Museum.

Boar hunting scene.

Buck huntering scene, detail.



Buck hunting scene.


Buck hunting scene, detail.

Horseman reconstitution.

Horseman original.

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt%C4%B1kula%C3%A7_Sarcophagus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alt%C4%B1kula%C3%A7_Sarcophagus_hunting_scene_(detail).jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alt%C4%B1kula%C3%A7_Sarcophagus_hunting_scene_(hunter_detail).jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alt%C4%B1kula%C3%A7_Sarcophagus_Now_in_Troy_Museum_7947.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%87anakkale_Archaeological_Museum_Phrygian_horseman_attacking_a_Greek_psiloi_full_view.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%87anakkale_Archaeological_Museum_Phrygian_horseman_attacking_a_Greek_psiloi.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%87anakkale_Archaeological_Museum_Stag_hunting_scene.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%87anakkale_Archaeological_Museum_Phrygian_horseman_portrait.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alt%C4%B1kula%C3%A7_Sarcophagus_hunting_scene_(hunter_detail_with_tiara).jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alt%C4%B1kula%C3%A7_Sarcophagus_Combat_scene_(detail).jpg


Quote:

http://www.boyle.kyschools.us/UserFiles/88/The%20Odyssey.pdf

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