The Night, Peter Nicolai Arbo, 1887

Trophies of the Slain

Anthologia Palatina 6.131 = Leonidas of Tarentum (3rd cent. BCE) These huge shields, these bridles, and these spear-shafts – Polished, double-pointed – have been arranged All in a row for Pallas’ honor, although They long for the horses and men they once belonged to. And where are they?  Black death has swallowed them up. Αἵδ’ ἀπὸ Λευκανῶν θυρεάσπιδες, οἵδε χαλινοὶ     στοιχηδὸν ξεσταί τ’ ἀμφίβολοι κάμακες δέδμηνται, ποθέουσαι ὁμῶς ἵππους τε καὶ ἄνδρας,     Παλλάδι· τοὺς δ’ ὁ μέλας ἀμφέχανεν θάνατος.

Hervor’s Death, Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831-1892)

Åsgårdsreien, Peter Nicolai Arbo, 1872