Sarcophagus: Achilles in the house of King Lycomedes
unknown (Ancient Roman)
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Alternative Titles
Sarcophage: Achille chez le roi Lycomède
Sarcophagus of the Life of Achilles
Date
230-250Description
Three-quarter view of left side and front; Formerly from the Borghese Collection, Rome, originally on the facade of the Villa Borghese. (It was cut in four panels and embedded on the west and south facades.) In 1807, Napoleon I bought the collection for the Louvre from his brother-in-law, Prince Camillo Borghese (1775–1832). The work was reconstructed as a sarcophagus at the Louvre. Believed to have been found in Rome, but created in Athens. The front scene "The Anger of Achilles" shows Lycomedes sitting on the left (looking at Ulysses who wears a pilos cap), Agammenon sitting on the right and Achilles holding a shield in the center, making the choice to go to war. Source: Europeana [website]; http://www.europeana.eu/ (accessed 4/15/2011)
Type of Work
relief (sculpture); sarcophagusSubject
death or burial, funerary art, literary or legendary, military or war, mythology (Classical), Trojan War, Homer, Imperial (Roman)
Rights
Rights Statement
Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only