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Marble statue of Achilles seated and gazing at his raised heel, referencing the myth of Achilles' heel from Greek mythology. Thetis and Achilles Louis Gauffier: Odysseus Recognises Achilles Amongst the Daughters of Lycomedes Ancient Greek vase painting showing Achilles in armor kneeling to bandage the arm of Patroclus, who is also dressed as a warrior, both seated within a circular border. Exekias: Greek amphora depicting Achilles slaying Penthesilea Brad Pitt as Achilles in a scene from the film Troy directed by Wolfgang Petersen. Figure 4: Amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a board game, painted by Exekias, c. 550-540 BC. In the Vatican Museum. Height 61 cm. Exekias: amphora with Ajax and Achilles Trojan War
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James Barry (1741-1806) painting title: The Education of Achilles, oil on canvas by James Barry, c. 1772; in the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut. 102.9 x 128.9 cm Alternate title: Chiron and Achilles
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Marble statue of Achilles looking at his heel
The Greek hero Achilles died from an arrow wound to his heel, the only vulnerable...
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Thetis and Achilles
The NereidThetis immersing her son, Achilles, in the River Styx by Antoine Borel,...
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Louis Gauffier: Odysseus Recognises Achilles Amongst the Daughters of Lycomedes
Odysseus Recognises Achilles Amongst the Daughters of Lycomedes (1791),...
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Achilles and Patroclus
The Greek hero Achilles bandaging his friend Patroclus in a scene from Homer's Iliad.
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Exekias: Greek amphora depicting Achilles slaying Penthesilea
Achilles slaying Penthesilea, the queen of the Amazons, Attic black-figure amphora...
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Brad Pitt in Troy (2004)
The Hollywood film Troy (2004), directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starred Brad...
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Figure 4: Amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a board game, painted by Exekias,...
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Exekias: amphora with Ajax and Achilles
Amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a board game, painted by Exekias, c. 550–540...
Andy Montgomery
Trojan War
Achilles killing Penthesilea during the Trojan War, interior of an Attic cup, c....
The Mansell Collection/Art Resource, New York
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