In classical art thumb|Sacrifice of Polyxena near the tumulus of Achilles. Polyxena sarcophagus, c.500 BC. A few examples in Greek imagery can be securely identified as depicting the sacrifice of Polyxena.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 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.
In classical art thumb|Sacrifice o.f Polyxena near the tumulus of Achilles. Polyxena sarcophagus, c.500 BC. A few examples in Greek imagery can be securely identified as depicting the sacrifice of Polyxena.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 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.