05-Mosaico_del_Oecus._Aquiles_en_Skyros_alta.jpg
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Summary
Description 05-Mosaico del Oecus. Aquiles en Skyros alta.jpg |
English:
A scene from the
Iliad
where Odysseus (Ulysses) discovers Achilles dressed as a woman and hiding among the princesses at the royal court of Skyros.A late Roman mosaic from La Olmeda, Spain, marble and tiled glass, 2.20 by 2.50 meters. For full descriptions (in Spanish), see:
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Date | 4th-5th centuries AD |
Source |
Villa Romana La Olmeda, "Imágenes en Alta Resolucion" See also similar images at Pinterest. |
Author | Anonymous mosaic artist from late Roman Spain, active during the late 4th-5th centuries AD |
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