From slusnia@tulane.edu Sun Nov 18 09:42:06 2001 Received: from mailscan6.cac.washington.edu (mailscan6.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with SMTP id fAIHg4n167226 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 09:42:04 -0800 Received: FROM mxu2.u.washington.edu BY mailscan6.cac.washington.edu ; Sun Nov 18 09:42:03 2001 -0800 Received: from tulane.edu (majestic.tcs.tulane.edu [129.81.224.6]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with ESMTP id fAIHg2422396 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 09:42:03 -0800 Received: from [129.81.110.102] ([129.81.110.102]) by tulane.edu (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id fAIHg1c26021 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 11:42:01 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 11:44:04 -0600 Subject: Re: Ajax & Achilles From: "Susann S. Lusnia" To: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <00f101c16fb5$c48ca580$2904a5d8@computer> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3088928645_153253" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3088928645_153253 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable On 11/17/01 4:18 PM, "Diana Wright" wrote: > After taking several classes to the Metropolitan for show-&-tell, I reali= ze I > don't know anything about the image on several pots of Ajax & Achilles pl= aying > some kind of game. Is this one of those well-known episodes that everyon= e but > me knows? > =20 > DW >=20 Well-known only from vase painting. It has been suggested that Exekias may have =B3invented=B2 this scene or was using some source unknown to us, as the scene does not come from the Iliad. S. Lusnia --=20 Dr. Susann S. Lusnia Dept. of Classical Studies Tulane University Jones 210 6801 Freret St. New Orleans, LA 70118-5698 Tel. 504-862-3078 Fax 504-862-8736 Email: slusnia@tulane.edu --B_3088928645_153253 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: Ajax & Achilles On 11/17/01 4:18 PM, "Diana Wright" <dgw1= @nyu.edu> wrote:

After taking several c= lasses to the Metropolitan for show-&-tell, I realize I don't know anyth= ing about the image on several pots of Ajax & Achilles playing some kind= of game.  Is this one of those well-known episodes that everyone but m= e knows?
DW


Well-known only from vase painting.  It has been suggested that Exekia= s may have “invented” this scene or was using some source unknow= n to us, as the scene does not come from the Iliad.

S. Lusnia

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Dr. Susann S. Lusnia
Dept. of Classical Studies
Tulane University
Jones 210
6801 Freret St.
New Orleans, LA 70118-5698

Tel. 504-862-3078
Fax  504-862-8736

Email:  slusnia@tulane.edu
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