View Two Works: Priam begging Achilles to return Hector's body; Achilles after Hector's death approaches Patrocle's funeral bed (1826) By Misbach Constant; pen and brown ink, watercolour; 14 x 17 cm; ...

A novel exploring the encounter from the “Iliad” between King Priam of Troy and his bitter enemy Achilles. ... the “Iliou Persis,” or “Sack of Troy,” and often represented in ancient art.

Beside him sits his father, King Priam, another lump of clay resembling a battered breastplate, fated to watch as Hector’s vanquisher, the Greek hero Achilles (invulnerable save for that pesky ...

Achilles has warned Patroclus not to pursue the enemy to the walls of Troy, even if things appear to go his friend's way. They do, and Patroclus ignores Achilles, foolishly thinking that the armour ...

View Achilles dragging the body of Hector round the Walls of Troy King Priam pleading for the body of Hector 2 works by Gavin Hamilton on artnet. ... (+ King Priam pleading for the body of Hector; 2 ...

In a critical scene in Wolfgang Petersen’s “Troy,” the Trojan King Priam, played by Peter O’Toole, makes a midnight visit to the tent of the Greek warrior Achilles (Brad Pitt) to beg for ...