EPISODE SEVEN: WAR STORIES & WAR CRIMES
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
TELEMACHUS’ JOURNEY
I found this very helpful map articulating Telemachus’ journey to Pylos and Sparta on Wikimedia. It is classified as a “Derivative artwork by a user named Kenmayer.”
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
CASSANDRA AND AJAX
“Lesser” Ajax’s war crime provokes Athenas rage against the Greek troops as they prepare to depart the ruins of Troy.
TITLE C
CEREMONIAL VESSEL
“Prehistoric” ritual vessels in the shape of bulls’ heads with gilded wooden horns (restored) are on display at the Herakalion Museum on the island of Crete.
ALSO MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
“My Architect” - a film by Nathaniel Kahn
“Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character” by Jonathan Shay