EditorialAn undated image provided by NASA, HST and Noll, which was made by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Trojan asteroid Eurybates and its satellite, Queta, circled in green. (NASA, HST, and Noll via The New York Times)
EditorialAn undated image provided by NASA, HST and Noll, which was made by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Trojan asteroid Eurybates and its satellite, Queta, circled in green. (NASA, HST, and Noll via The New York Times)
EditorialThe verdict of Paris, Ronde, lead plaque, surrounded by a braid band. On the right Venus with Amor at her feet. Paris hands her the Apple with the inscription 'for the most beautiful', which would become the prelude to the Trojan War. On the left Miner...
EditorialThe verdict of Paris, Ronde, lead plaque, surrounded by a braid band. On the right Venus with Amor at her feet. Paris hands her the Apple with the inscription 'for the most beautiful', which would become the prelude to the Trojan War. On the left Miner...
EditorialTerracotta neck-amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm), Vases, Obverse, Aeneas rescuing his father, Anchises, during the fall of Troy, Reverse, woman and warrior. Aeneas carrying his aged f...
EditorialTerracotta alabastron (perfume vase), Late Corinthian I, 575?550 B.C., Greek, Corinthian, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Vases, The blinding of Polyphemos The blinding of Polyphemos is one of the most dramatic episodes in the voyage o...
EditorialTerracotta volute-krater (mixing bowl), Late Classical, ca. 330?310 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. with handles 30 5/16 in. (77 cm); H. to rim 26 3/4 in. (68 cm), Vases, Obverse: the Judgment of Paris. The Trojan prince...
EditorialMegarian bowl, fragmentary, Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C., Greek, Terracotta, 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Vases, All but one of the figures on this bowl are inscribed. From left to right, the Cretan king Idomeneus attacks Phaistos as he steps into his chariot....
EditorialTerracotta neck-amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm), Vases, Obverse, Aeneas rescuing his father, Anchises, during the fall of Troy, Reverse, woman and warrior. Aeneas carrying his aged f...
EditorialTerracotta alabastron (perfume vase), Late Corinthian I, 575?550 B.C., Greek, Corinthian, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Vases, The blinding of Polyphemos The blinding of Polyphemos is one of the most dramatic episodes in the voyage o...
EditorialMegarian bowl, fragmentary, Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C., Greek, Terracotta, 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Vases, All but one of the figures on this bowl are inscribed. From left to right, the Cretan king Idomeneus attacks Phaistos as he steps into his chariot....