Detail from a red-figure stamnos, depicting the embassy to Achilles. Circa 480 BC. The hero
sits in a pensive mood between Diomedes, Odysseus and Phoenix who have come to persuade him to return to battle. Basle, Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Lundwig. Kakridis, J. Th., Elliniki Mythologia, vol. 5: Troikos Polemos, Ekdotiki Athinon, Athens 1986, p. 50, fig. 35. © Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Lundwig, Basle.
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