A Roman mosaic recently discovered in Britain depicts a long-lost version of the Trojan War story that differs from the most famous telling of the saga.
The artifact, known as the Ketton Mosaic, shows a key conflict during the Trojan War. But it is not based on Homer's "Iliad," the most enduring version of the tale, researchers reported in a new study. Instead, it was inspired by a more obscure tragedy by the Athenian playwright Aeschylus. Called "Phrygians," it was written in the early fifth century B.C. and survives today only in fragments and analyses discussed in other ancient works.
