THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Achilles
21. SCULPTURE. Rome.
“Achilles mourning the dead Patroclus” — scene from the front panel of the sarcophagus with representation of scenes from the Iliad.
Greek marble. 160 CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 43504.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
22. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Scene from the lid of the sarcophagus with representation of scenes from the Iliad: Achilles dragging Hector’s corpse round the Patroclus’ tomb.
Greek marble. 160 CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 43504.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
23. SCULPTURE. Rome.
“Achilles washing Hector’s corpse prior to its restoration to Priam” — scene from the lid of the sarcophagus with representation of scenes from the Iliad.
Greek marble. 160 CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 43504.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
24. MOSAIC. Greece.
The first bath of Achilles.
Cyprus. The villa of Theseus.
5th century CE.
Paphos, Archaeological Park.
25. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and the body of Hector.
Red-figure kylix. Attic, Athens.
Signed by Hieron as potter; attributed to Macron as painter.
Ca. 490—480 BCE.
Inv. Nos. G 153 / Cp 47-50.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
26. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sarcophagus of a married couple. Left side panel with a relief “Death of Penthesilea”.
Marble. Ca. 180 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2119.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
27. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Achilles and Penthesilea (close-up of left-side relief of a sarcophagus).
Marble. Ca. 180 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2119.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
28. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Achilles at the Court of King Lycomedes (longitudinal panel of sarcophagus).
Marble. Ca 240 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2120.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
29. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Achilles and the daughters of King Lycomedes (a close-up of the longitudinal panel of sarcophagus).
Marble. Ca 240 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2120.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
30. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Achilles at the court of king Lycomedes (a close-up of the longitudinal panel of sarcophagus).
Marble. Ca 240 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2120.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
31. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Achilles at the Court of King Lycomedes (rear end panel of sarcophagus).
Marble. Ca 240 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2120.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
32. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Achilles at the Court of King Lycomedes (front end panel of sarcophagus).
Marble. Ca 240 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 2120.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
33. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sarcophagus with relief “Achilles at the Court of King Lycomedes”.
Marble.
Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. Ma 3570.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
34. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Achilles at the Court of King Lycomedes (front panel of sarcophagus).
Marble. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. Ma 3570.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
35. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Germanicus.
Partial polymer copy of a bronze original.
Ca. 20 CE.
Perugia, National Archaeological Museum of Umbria.
36. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of Ares (type “Borghese Ares”).
Luna marble.
Roman copy from the early Antonine age after a Greek statue of 5th century BCE.
Inv. No. 81.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
37. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of Ares (type “Borghese Ares”).
Luna marble.
Roman copy from the early Antonine age after a Greek statue of 5th century BCE.
Inv. No. 81.
Pisa, Camposanto Monumentale.
38. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Trojan slab (Tabula Iliaca).
Calcite.
1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 316.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
39. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Trojan slab (Tabula Iliaca).
Calcite.
1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 316.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves.
40. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of deceased in the shield surrounded by geniuses of death, Oceanus, Tellus, Achilles and Chiron. Relief with imago clipeata on the sarcophagus.
White marble. Second half of the 3rd century.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Baths of Diocletian.