Editing Polyxena (section)

===In classical art===
[[File:Polyxena side 0059, the actual kill.jpg|thumb|Sacrifice of Polyxena near the tumulus of Achilles. [[Polyxena sarcophagus]], c.500 BC.<ref name="CBR79">{{cite book |last1=Rose |first1=Charles Brian |title=The Archaeology of Greek and Roman Troy |date=2014 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521762076 |page=79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9gaAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA79 |language=en}}</ref>]]
A few examples in Greek imagery can be securely identified as depicting the sacrifice of Polyxena.<ref>M. Robertson “Troilos and Polyxene. Notes on a changing legend,” in J.-P. Dexcoeudres (ed.) Eumousia. Ceramic and iconographic studies in honour of Alexander Cambitoglou, Sydney, 1990, p. 64-65</ref> Most show Polyxena sacrificed over the tomb of Achilles. However, some details in the pictorial evidence of the sacrifice hint at varying and perhaps earlier versions of the story.

For instance, some images appear to show Polyxena sacrificed over an altar, rather than a tomb, and one sarcophagus relief, from Gümüşçay, the [[Polyxena sarcophagus]], dated to c. 500 BC<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Senvinç|first1=N.|title=A New Sarcophagus of Polyxena from the Salvage Excavations at Gümüşçay|journal=Studia Troica|date=1996|volume=6|pages=251–64}}</ref> shows a tripod placed next to the tomb. These details have been interpreted as indicating an association between the burial mound of Achilles and sacred ground dedicated to Apollo.