Roman sculpture of Achilles and a dying Amazon - Aphrodisias Museum Turkey
by Paul E Williams
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Roman sculpture of Achilles and a dying Amazon - Aphrodisias Museum Turkey
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Paul E Williams
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Photograph - Colour Photograph
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Roman Sebasteion relief sculpture of Achilles and a dying Amazon, Aphrodisias Museum, Aphrodisias, Turkey. Against a grey background.
Achilles supports the dying Amazon queen Penthesilea whom he has mortally wounded. Her double headed axe slips from her hands. The queen had come to fight against the Greeks in the Trojan war and Achilles fell in love with her.
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May 19th, 2021
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