When the army's elite, drawn to Diomedes'
strength,
Clustered around him like huge animals, lions
Or razorback hogs that can rip a man apart...
- Iliad 5:780 (Lombardo translation)
Razorback sculpture. Sparta Museum. Sparta, Greece.
Sculpted razorback ritual vessels. Mature Late Cycladic period from Akrotiri. 17th century BCE. Thira Museum. Santorini, Greece.
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