Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Deiphobus.
The gallery
Prowess of Deiphobus
Unknown (French illuminator), c. 1330–1340
Miniature from the Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (British Library, Royal MS 20 D I, f. 126r). Deiphobus rides in armed prowess among the Trojan knights — Priam's son as a medieval chivalric hero before the sack that, in Virgil, leaves him mutilated in the underworld.
Cassandra Preventing Deiphobus from Killing Paris
Jean Cousin, 16th century
Drawing by Jean Cousin in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cassandra restrains Deiphobus as he raises a weapon against Paris — the brother who later inherits Helen after Paris' death, here still the rival who would have ended the war by ending the abductor.
Paris Attacked by Deiphobus
Unknown (Etruscan), c. 150–100 BC
Etruscan alabaster cinerary urn in the Museo Guarnacci, Volterra. Deiphobus assaults Paris while Aphrodite, Hector, Hecuba and Priam look on — the recognition scene in which the herdsman-prince is attacked by his own brother before the house of Troy claims him.
Recognition of Paris Attacked by Deiphobus
Unknown (Etruscan), 3rd century BC
Etruscan alabaster funerary urn in the Museo archeologico nazionale di Chiusi. The relief shows Paris under attack by Deiphobus at the moment of recognition — the same fraternal assault the Volterra workshops carved for tombs across Etruria.