Showing posts with label Lycomedes. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Achilles at the court of king Lycomedes

This event is part of the post-Homeric legends (Publilius Statius; Acchileid). Tethys entrusted her son Achilles to the king Lycomedes, dressing him as a woman so that he couldn’t participate in the Trojan War. Ulysses (Odysseus), dressed as a merchant, identified him among the daughters of the king because Achilles had chosen a sword.

Este acontecimento integra-se nas lendas post-Homéricas (Publilius Statius; Acchileid). Tétis confiou ao rei Licomedes seu filho Aquiles vestido de mulher para não participar na Guerra de Tróia. Ulisses (Odisseus), vestido de mercador, identificou-o entre as filhas do rei, por ter escolhido uma espada.
Jan de Bray (1627-1697)-'Achilles discovered by Ulysses'-oil on canvas Warsaw-National Museum

Jan de Boeckhorst (1604-1668)-'Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes'-oil on canvas München-Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

Erasmus Quellin II (1607-1673)-'Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes'-oil on canvas Bruges-Groeningen Museum

Gérard de Lairesse (1641-1711)-'Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes'-oil on canvas-ca 1685

Pompeo Girolamo Battoni (1708-1787)-'Achilles at the court of Lycomedes'-oil on canvas- ca 1745 Firenze-Galleria degli Uffizi