EPISODE TEN: SINON’S WEEPING

“True honest men being heard, like false Aeneas,
Were in his time thought false, and Sinon's weeping
Did scandal many a holy tear, took pity
From most true wretchedness…”

Shakespeare, Cymbeline - III iv

 
 

TIEPOLO’S TROJAN HORSE PAINTINGS

Around 1760, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo planned a series of immense canvases depicting scenes from the Trojan War. Only two survive.

THE LAOCOÖN GROUP

This magnificent sculpture was unearthed in 1506 in Rome. It is one of the great masterpieces of sculpture.

SINON TAKEN PRISONER

An etching by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli from the British Museum.