Achilles and Briseis

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Pompeian wall painting, from the atrium of the House of the Tragic Poet
Detail

Achilles and Briseis is an

Naples National Archaeological Museum
, where it remains.

Agostino Carracci produced an engraving from it, which was included in his collection of erotic poses, I Modi.

References

  • Wheeler, William A., and Charles G. Wheeler. Familiar Allusions A Handbook of Miscellaneous Information. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1881. Print.