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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4304207, member: 5833&quot;]You got me, have not seen this one before.&nbsp; MmePlantier is probably on the right track with a scene from the Trojan War.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This may have been the idea in the carver&#039;s head, though inconsistent with the episode as related in the Iliad.&nbsp; (The body has to be carried off the battlefield &amp; it is other Greeks who do this; Achilles is in his tent.)&nbsp; There is sure to be an original of this, either sculpture or engraved gem.&nbsp; Seems like a challenge for [USER=5718]@i need help[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of the former:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquino_Group" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquino_Group" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquino_Group</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There is no agreement as to who is carrying the body in this group.&nbsp; Menelaus, Odysseus &amp; Ajax are all candidates.&nbsp; I&#039;m not the only one who doesn&#039;t know what&#039;s going on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of the latter:</p><p><a href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/52856181-318E-4163-B000-68E2116D1168" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/52856181-318E-4163-B000-68E2116D1168" rel="nofollow">http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/52856181-318E-4163-B000-68E2116D1168</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This will take up residence in the back of my mind &amp; someday it may come out again when I stumble across the answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really nice cameo.&nbsp; Where was it found?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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