Homer's Iliad has a vast cast of characters. Many of these names are less familiar to mainstream audiences than mighty ...
Soldiers are different. They are servants of the state. In well-governed countries, they are bound by discipline, the rule of ...
An Old Soldier remembers the ten-year war at Troy and the events which led up to it: Paris, Helen, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Priam, Achilles, Patroclus, Hector, Cassandra, Odysseus…and the wooden horse.
74 x 104 cm. (29.1 x 40.9 in.) ...
Patroclus returns to the battle wearing Achilles' armour and is slain by Hector. When Achilles finds out he is determined to be avenged. Patroclus returns to the battle wearing Achilles's armour ...