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Keywords: AmbrosianIliadPict20and21BattleScenes.jpg Pictures 20 and 21 of the Ambrosian Iliad Battle scenes from Iliad Book 5 According to Richard Brilliant Mythology in Kurt Weismann ed Age of Spirituality Late Antique and Early Christian Art Third to Seventh Century Catalogue of the Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art November 19 1977 Through February 12 1978 New York Metropolitan Museum of Art 1979 p 216 the lower scene features a wounded Sarpedon resting under an oak tree as in Iliad 5 684-698 Above this battle scene hover Athena Zeus and Hera The main character in the upper scene is identified as Menelaus from Iliad 5 562-3 C P Bare Achilles and the Roman Aristocrat The Ambrosian Iliad as a Social Statement in the Late Antique Period Dissertation Florida State University 2009 p 194 http //etd lib fsu edu/theses/available/etd-04092009-003031/ suggests that picture 20 may have Ajax drawing the spear from the body of Amphius and Menesthes and Anchialus killed by Hector while picture 21 may have Tleopolemus killed by Sarpedon Odysseus raging against the Lycians and Sarpedon placed under a tree Images 20 et 21 de lIliade ambrosienne scènes de guerre de Iliade livre 5 Ambrosian Iliad Milan Biblioteca Ambrosiana Cod F 205 Inf Picture XX and XXI Author century 5 PD-Art Ambrosian Iliad Iliad Book 5 Menelaus Sarpedon Paintings of Athena Zeus Hera
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