Editing Telephus (section)

===At Agamemnon's altar===
[[File:Casa del relieve de Télefo 09.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Achilles (right) scrapes rust from his spear on the wound of the seated Telephus, c. first century BC. Marble [[bas-relief]], from the House of the Relief of Telephus, [[Herculaneum]], [[Naples]], [[National Archaeological Museum, Naples|National Archaeological Museum]] 6591.]]
Telephus' taking refuge at Agamemnon's altar, usually with Orestes as hostage, was also a frequent motif.<ref>Heres and Strauss, pp. 866&ndash;868, section I. ''Telephos  als ''Hiketes'' '' (Telephos as suppliant), ''LIMC'' Telephos 51&ndash;80; comprising nearly a third of the 101 entries for Telephus in the ''[[Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae]]''.</ref> [[Attica|Attic]] vase painting depicts the scene, often with either [[Agamemnon]], or [[Clytemnestra]], also present.<ref>Heres and Strauss, p. 869, ''[[Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae|LIMC]]'' 51&ndash;53 (Agamemnon), 54 (Clytemnestra).</ref> Perhaps the earliest example, an Attic [[kylix]] cup (c. 470 BC) from Eastern [[Etruria]] ([[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|MFA]] 98.931) shows Telephus, with bandaged thigh, sitting alone on an altar holding two spears.<ref>Heres and Strauss, p. 866, ''[[Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae|LIMC]]'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-73f8612be100f-9 5985 (Telephos 51)]; Jebb, Headlam and Pearson, [https://books.google.com/books?id=R1qaCxoc90UC&pg=PA96 Vol. 1 p. 96]; Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/3A042980-5B0B-4A98-BA58-F13B3CC0A3B5 205037]; AVI [https://www.avi.unibas.ch/DB/searchform.html?ID=2821 2674]; [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|MFA]] [https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/drinking-cup-kylix-with-telephos-at-the-palace-of-agamemnon-153686 98.931].</ref> An Attic [[pelike]] (c. 450 BC), from [[Vulci]] ([[British Museum]] E 382) shows Telephus, with bandaged thigh, sitting on an altar, holding a spear in his right hand, and the infant Orestes with his left arm. From the left, Agamemnon confronts Telephus, with spear.<ref>Heres and Stauss, p. 866, ''[[Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae|LIMC]]'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-741f5dc448592-c 8734 (Telephos 52)] [= Agamemnon 11*]; Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/5F8346E9-92BB-49B5-A59A-CD2999139EBB 207332]; [[British Museum]] [http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=399124&partId=1&museumno=1836,0224.28&page=1 1836,0224.28].</ref> Later Italic treatments of the scene usually include both Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, often with Clytemnestra or sometimes [[Odysseus]] restraining Agamemnon from attacking Telephus.<ref>Heres and Strauss, p. 869; with Agamemnon and Clytemnestra: ''[[Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae|LIMC]]'' Telephos 56, 58, 59, 64&ndash;66, 68; with Clytemnestra restraining Agamemnon: ''[[Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae|LIMC]]'' Telephos 59, 64; with Odysseus restraining Agamemnon: ''[[Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae|LIMC]]'' Telephos 56?, 68 (compare with ''[[Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae|LIMC]]'' Telephos 53).</ref>