To what extent does Kleophrades demonstrate a variety of moods in the Trojan War Hydria?

In his Hydria depicting the sack of Troy, Kleophrades includes a variety of different moods, allowing the viewer to follow the frieze around the hydria. Lack of a distinct focal point allows the painter to demonstrate a variety of moods within the scenes, which include the rape of Cassandra, King Priam grieving the slaughtered Astynax, a Trojan woman attacking a Greek soldier, and Aeneas fleeing with Anchises and Astynax. The painting of a number of individual, but thematically coherent, scenes allows the painter to include a variety of moods.The most immediately discernable mood is cruelty; the viewer can observe the murder of Astynax at the hands of the Greeks and the resulting despair of the Trojan King Priam, appearing defenseless. However beyond the overwhelming sense of untempered violence, it is possible to perceive other moods. The Trojan woman attacking a Greek soldier with an improvised weapon shows courage, and there is also the hope of liberation and freedom, demonstrated in Aithra's rescue by her grandsons, and Aeneas' escape with his father and son to found a new Troy.The division of the moods into scenes is of great significance: the only acts of bravery are by the Trojans, the Greeks perform the acts of cruelty. This results in the hydria showing a tale of despair for the Trojans, rather than triumph for the Greeks, perhaps hinting at a political agenda on the part of the artist. The overwhelming mood is that of excessive cruelty on the part of the Greeks, and resulting sympathy for the youngest generation of the Trojans: Astynax is murdered, the Trojan girl destined to be sold into slavery, and Ascanius sent into exile.