Trojan War in literature and the arts

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There are a wide range of ways in which people have represented the Trojan War in literature and the arts.

Art

Painting

Mosaic

  • In a Roman villa complex at Rutland in the United Kingdom, a third or fourth century mosaic depicts the fight between Achilles and Hector.[3]

Pottery

Innumerable ancient items, including:

Sculpture

  • the Medici Vase
  • Laocoön and his Sons
  • A marble sarcophagus believed to date back to the second century and unearthed at the northwestern Turkey, depicts the Trojan war, showing the Greek heroes Agamemnon and Achilles.[4]

Literature

Classical

Greek

Latin

Medieval

Modern

Music

Film

Opera

Television and radio

Comics and graphic novels

Video games

References