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TITLE: Achilles Mosaic
LOCATION: Archeaeological Museum of Gaziantep
DESCRIPTION: From Zeugma, a settlement that was to be drowned under the growing lakes of the Barrage Project. Achilles has been sent by his parents to a friend-King's palace where he even dresses up as a woman. Odysseus wants to find him, an plays a trick to find him amongst the "women": he brings fine gifts of clothing, jewellery, but also fine weaponry. The one to grab that must be Achilles. Here he's found out.
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CONTRIBUTOR: Dick Osseman - , Netherlands |
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