Achilles ambushing Troilus - a photo on Flickriver

            The scene depicts the young Troilos on horseback together his sister Polyxena. They are near a fountain outside the city of Troy; the young woman is carrying on her head a hydra for the water. 
Achilles, hidden behind the fountain, is ready to ambush the two young. Troilus was killed by Achilles. Polyxena was captured and moved to the camp of the Greek hero who felt in love of her.

Homer mentions Troilos only once (Iliad 24, 257) and then in passing as one of the sons Priam lost. He uses the epithet “horse-loving” to describe him. From Proclos’ summary of the epic poems we know that a story about the death of Troilos at the hands of Achilles was included in the “Cypria”, one of the lost poems of the Trojan cycle, and that this was also the subject of a lost play of Sophocles. 

Laconian black-figured dinos
About 560–540 BC
Attributed to “The Rider Painter”
From Etruria
Paris, Musée du Louvre

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Taken in: France / Île-de-France / Paris / Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois (show map)

Taken on: May 6, 2013

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Camera: Nikon D800, f/7.1, 1/125 sec, 105mm, ISO 3200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	105.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	105mm
ISO:	3200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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