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ACHILLES & THE MURDER OF TROILOS

Sophocles: Selected Fragmentary Plays, A.H Sommerstein, D. Fitzpatrick, T. Talboy [Sophocles: Troilus] / The Troilus fresco in the Etruscan Tomb of the Bulls / Troilus and Polyxena fleeing / Etruscan amphora showing Troilos / Achilles and Troilos, Euphronios / detail from the breast plate on a statue of Germanicus

#achilles #troilos #sophocles troilos #anyway the iliad is haunted by the murder of troilos!#also i hate the sanitization of achilles as a character. for a number of reasons. but most importantly: its so boring.#anyway reading this. chewing on it. absorbing it. thinking thoughts. drawing at least one comic about it tbqh #comparatives tag #it's all greek to me #it’s all greek to me

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