Image: 05-Mosaico del Oecus. Aquiles en Skyros alta

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Description: A scene from the Iliad where Odysseus (Ulysses) discovers Achilles dressed as a woman and hiding among the princesses at the royal court of Skyros.A late Roman mosaic from La Olmeda, Spain, marble and tiled glass, 2.20 by 2.50 meters. For full descriptions (in Spanish), see: "Destino Castilla y León" (13 August 2014) and "La Diputación de Palencia aprueba el proyecto básico de la villa romana de La Olmeda, donde se invertirán 6,3 millones" (26 May 2005).
Title: 05-Mosaico del Oecus. Aquiles en Skyros alta
Credit: Villa Romana La Olmeda, "Imágenes en Alta Resolucion" See also similar images at Pinterest.
Author: Anonymous mosaic artist from late Roman Spain, active during the late 4th-5th centuries AD
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