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Title
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Contienda de Ayax y Ulixes
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Description
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This engraving illustrates the Greek leaders of the Trojan war listening to a debate between Ajax and Ulysses. There is a contest between these two men to see who should be awarded the armor and weapons of the great Achilles. Achilles’ belongings are placed on the ground with a sword and a spear going through the chest plate and the helmet to the right of the shield. Ajax and Ulysses are illustrated speaking to each other as they debate who is more worthy of receiving Achilles’ weapons. Ajax believes he should be the one to inherit Achilles’ things as he is related to him. Ulysses believes he should be the one to receive Achilles’ things as he is the one who got Achilles to participate in the Trojan war in the first place. The Greek leaders are depicted on the right-hand side of the engraving engaging in whispered conversations as they decide who should be the recipient of the armor. It goes to Ulysses.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:11856
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Source Name
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Las Transformaciones de Ovidio en lengua Española, repartidas en quinze libros, con las Allegorias al fin dellos, y sus figuras, para prouecho de los Artifices [The Transformations of Ovid in the Spanish language, distributed in fifteen books, with the allegories at the end of them and their figures, for the benefit of the creators]
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Image
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Subject
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Ajax
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Achilles
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Ulysses
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Roman Mythology
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Greek Mythology
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Contest
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The Trojan War
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