Polyxena sarcophagus
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The Polyxena sarcophagus is a late 6th century BCE sarcophagus from Hellespontine Phrygia, at the beginning of the period when it became a Province of the Achaemenid Empire. The sarcophagus was found
Relief of the sacrifice of Polyxena, Polyxena sarcophagus, Çanakkale Archaeological Museum.
Hoplites on the Polyxena sarcophagus
Side view.
Side view.
Achilles
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In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors. The central character in Homer's Iliad, he was the son of the Nere
Polyxena sarcophagus
…on the back what is believed to be the sacrifice of Polyxena, daughter of the king of Troy, Priam, by Neoptolemos in front of the tomb of his father Achilles. The description of the sacrifice of Polyxena may be suggestive of a hero cult for Achilles, usually only involving animal sacrifice, on the spot of a…
Ancient Greek polychromatic pottery painting (dating c. 300 BC) of Achilles during the Trojan War
Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the River Styx by Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1625; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam)
The Education of Achilles, by Eugène Delacroix, pastel on paper, c. 1862 (Getty Center, Los Angeles)
The Education of Achilles (c. 1772), by James Barry (Yale Center for British Art)