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Horse 41, Podargos

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: A small cream-colored molded plastic or resin horse figurine, depicted as standing with its front right leg raised and its tail flying behind it, suggesting the animal is in motion. The figure stands on a thin black rectangular base that has short half-spheres that serve as feet.Similar in style to Horse 5 and Horse 38.41. Podargos. It, in the eighth book of the Illiad, in common with Ethon (q.v.), was one of the four horses which drew the chariot of Hector.Exhibit label:PODARGOS, THE HORSE OF HECTOR.A gift from Elinor Wylie.—"Sanctuary in Porcelain" in Some of Us.

Source: VCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Language: English

Topic: Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7153672053

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