Image: Mosaico-del-Oecus-de-Aquiles-1728x800 c

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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: Mosaico-del-Oecus-de-Aquiles-1728x800 c
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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