Achilles, Greek hero of the Trojan War and hero

Achilles, son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia, hero of the Trojan War, greatest of all the Greek warriors and the central character of Homer's Iliad. Image of a young man in a helmet with crest from a bronze coin with a horse on the reverse. Achille. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699

1699 17th Century Achille Achilles Achilleus Classical Mythology Coin Etienne Picart Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Myth Homer Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Iliad Nereid Orator Peleus Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Regi Roman Myth Thetis Trojan War Young Man

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