Mosaic, Archaeological Museum of Sparta, Sparta, Laconia

Achilles at Skyros, mosaic fragment, Roman, early 4th century AD, from the Phoustanos plot at Sparta, in the Archaeological Museum of Sparta, Laconia, Greece. Achilles was sent by Thetis to live at the court of king Lycomedes, where he disguised himself as a girl, fell in love with a princess and had an affair with another. Sparta was a powerful military city-state throughout the Greek ancient and classical periods, and was later inhabited by the Romans and Byzantines. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Achilles Arheologiko Byzantines City-state Fragment Inhabited Lacedaemon Laconia Lakedaimon Lakonia Moussio Peloponnese Peloponnisos Periods Plot Sparta Spartan Sparti Spartiate Syros Thetis Throughout

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