Ivory Mycenaean lion statuette 1250-1180 BCE
"The Trojans had gathered round Ulysses like ravenous mountain jackals round the carcass of some homed stag that has been hit with an arrow- the stag has fled at full speed so long as his blood was warm and his strength has lasted, but when the arrow has overcome him, the savage jackals devour him in the shady glades of the forest. Then heaven sends a fierce lion thither, whereon the jackals fly in terror and the lion robs them of their prey- even so did Trojans many and brave gather round crafty Ulysses, but the hero stood at bay and kept them off with his spear. Ajax then came up with his shield before him like a wall, and stood hard by, whereon the Trojans fled in all directions."
-Homer, The Iliad: Book XI
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| A statuette of a lion, carved in ivory. LH IIIB2 (1250-1180 BCE). Mycenae Archaeological Museum. |
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