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English: Sarcophagus with the legend of Achilleus, marble.
2nd century A.D. – Found in Tyre. – Beirut National Museum.
Scenes from the Iliad representing episods of the Trojan war.
Deutsch: Achillsarkophag, attisch, um 180 n. Chr. (Koch) bzw. um 175–200 n. Chr. (Rogge), aus Tyros, in Beirut, Nationalmuseum.

Vorderseite: Die Lösung Hektors. Nach der Schleifung von Hektors Leichnam (links am Boden liegend) erbittet Priamos (rechts in Trauerkleidung kniend) von Achill den Leichnam, um ihn bestatten zu können.

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30 December 2017