Muses, let us begin on the younger men

"CYPRIA 7: ODYSSES OUTWITS ACHILLES"

Haunted by a prophecy that her son will die young at war, the sea-nymph Thetis disguises Achilles as a maiden named Pyrrha and hides him on the remote island of Skyros, where the lonely warrior bonds with the princess Deidameia, secretly marrying her and fathering a son. Back on the mainland, the seer Calchas divines through bird signs and entrails that Troy cannot fall without Achilles, and that he is hidden on Skyros. Odysseus sails to the island disguised as a merchant, laying out jewelry and weapons before the princesses, then signals a war trumpet to be blown, and Achilles alone reaches for the sword, tearing off his veil and revealing himself, for he was not made to live passively in secret among princesses. He embraces Deidameia one final time, promising not to forget their son, but they both know what the prophecy means, and he sets sail for Aulis, his heart lifting toward the horizon and the war to come.

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Chalcidian black-figure neck amphora, atributed to Incription Painter, 540 BC, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

The first photo depicts Odysseus killing a tracian soldier, the second photo is Diomedes killing King Rhesus, the next two photos show the horses of Rhesus, and the last two photos are equestrian decorative motifs.

Odyssey 1:

ἀλλ᾽ εἰς οἶκον ἰοῦσα τὰ σ᾽ αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε, ἱστόν τ᾽ ἠλακάτην τε, καὶ ἀμφιπόλοισι κέλευε ἔργον ἐποίχεσθαι: μῦθος δ᾽ ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει πᾶσι, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἐμοί: τοῦ γὰρ κράτος ἔστ᾽ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ. ἡ μὲν θαμβήσασα πάλιν οἶκόνδε βεβήκει: παιδὸς γὰρ μῦθον πεπνυμένον ἔνθετο θυμῷ. ἐς δ᾽ ὑπερῷ᾽ ἀναβᾶσα σὺν ἀμφιπόλοισι γυναιξὶ κλαῖεν ἔπειτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα φίλον πόσιν, ὄφρα οἱ ὕπνον ἡδὺν ἐπὶ βλεφάροισι βάλε γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη.

[Telemachus to Penelope]

'Nay, go to thy chamber, and busy thyself with thine own tasks, the loom and the distaff, and bid thy handmaids ply their tasks; but speech shall be for men, for all, but most of all for me; since mine is the authority in the house.” She then, seized with wonder, went back to her chamber, for she laid to heart the wise saying of her son. Up to her upper chamber she went with her handmaids, and then bewailed Odysseus, her dear husband until flashing-eyed Athena cast sweet sleep upon her eyelids.'

Translation A.C Murray

Iliad 6:

ἀλλ᾽ εἰς οἶκον ἰοῦσα τὰ σ᾽ αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε ἱστόν τ᾽ ἠλακάτην τε, καὶ ἀμφιπόλοισι κέλευε ἔργον ἐποίχεσθαι: πόλεμος δ᾽ ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει πᾶσι, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἐμοί, τοὶ Ἰλίῳ ἐγγεγάασιν [...] αἶψα δ᾽ ἔπειθ᾽ ἵκανε δόμους εὖ ναιετάοντας Ἕκτορος ἀνδροφόνοιο, κιχήσατο δ᾽ ἔνδοθι πολλὰς ἀμφιπόλους, τῇσιν δὲ γόον πάσῃσιν ἐνῶρσεν. αἳ μὲν ἔτι ζωὸν γόον Ἕκτορα ᾧ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ: οὐ γάρ μιν ἔτ᾽ ἔφαντο ὑπότροπον ἐκ πολέμοιο ἵξεσθαι προφυγόντα μένος καὶ χεῖρας Ἀχαιῶν.

[Hector to Andromache]

'"But go to the the house and attend to your works, the loom and the distaff, and order the house-servants to do their work: war will be of concern to all men of Troy, most of all to me." [...] So she came to the well founded hall of Hector, the man-slaying, and within found many house-servants, and she stirred up within them a wailing. So in his own house while he was still alive they mourned Hector, for they no longer believed he would return from war, having escaped the wrath and hands of the Acheans.'

Translation by me

* Aphrodite

* Hera

* Athena