Dolon

Illustration: Scene from Iliad, book 10. Dolon
(center) meets Diomedes (right) and Odysseus (left). 4th century Lucanian
red-figure calyx-crater from Pisticci.

Dolon wears animal skin and fur cap and spats. Odysseus
wears a pilos, and Diomedes wears a helmet with elaborate crest.

 

Illustration above: Scene from Iliad book 10:
Odysseus leads the horses away from the camp of the sleeping Thracians.

 

 

Illustration Above: The Death of Dolon, from Iliad
book 10. Plaster Impression from Gem of unknown date. From Perseus Digital
Library.

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Francis
Bartlett Donation, Subject: Death of Dolon, between Diomedes and Odyssesus.
Gem type: Intaglio, Material: Sard (Translucent)

Date: Unknown, Dimensions: L. 0.018 m., W.
0.015 m.