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Title
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[The Death of Achilles]
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Description
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This image appears at the beginning of the thirteenth book. It depicts the hero Achilles lying dead in a burning funeral pyre after just having been slain by Paris. His limbs are visible beneath the wooden logs. A goddess of an unidentified name is depicted flying over the burning Achilles. The armour of Achilles is resting just outside of the fire as it will go to Ulysses.
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Image Creator
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D. José Assensio (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:25120
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Source Name
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Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
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Image
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mta_25120_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Mythology
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Achilles
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Trojan War