Melanippus

Who was the first Trojan the marksman Teucer hit? Orsilochus first, then Ormenus, Ophelestes, Daetor and Chromius, princely Lycophontes, Polyaemon’s son Amopaon and Melanippus too- corpse on corpse he dropped to the earth that rears us all…

Iliad, 8.273-315 translated by Robert Fagles

Melanippus
year: 2007
catalogue #: t48.01.077
dimensions: 37" x 2" x 2"
media: acrylic on wood