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my fine art queue ran out, so posts might not be as regular until i get off my ass and restock it

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Achilles With the Daughters of Lycomedes Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, c. 1633-78

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uhh….more bronze age dress up but this time it is for @achilles-on-skyros

IN THIS HOUSE we do not brutalize/victimize/demonize deidamia. they all have two hands.

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Odysseus Recognises Achilles Amongst the Daughters of Lycomedes Louis Gauffier, 1791

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Achilles Discovered Among the Daughters of Lycomedes Jean Lemaire, c. 1640-1645

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panels from Eric Shanower’s Age of Bronze

have i posted enough fine art of achilles holding swords that someone other than me sees a subtle humor in achilles just being drawn to this spear or

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achilles getting little to no sleep the first week he's on skyros bc he has to sleep alone again. achilles feeling so out of it that he FORGETS going to bed doesn't mean catching up with patroclus after a long day apart. achilles trying not to cry at night from the ache of suddenly feeling so alone. achilles absolutely failing that last part.

but also, achilles making a show of going back to his own room after patroclus shows up, but immediately sneaking out again to find pat. they talk all night but the next night, is the deepest sleep either has had for months.

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Finished commission for my buddy @simplybolkonsky !! I got to play Bronze Age dress up!!

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Achilles at the Court of Lycomedes Pompeo Batoni, 1745

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oh my goodness, thank you so much for sharing!!! i have been slacking on my research lately so i haven't seen any of these yet!

“Mr. Mattocks as Achilles. Was Hector here, the fate of Troy should this instant be decided. Act 3.d” 

Found this in a local thrift shop <3 There are so many things going on in this little print i cant 

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Achilles Recognized at the Court of Lycomedes Leclerc Sebastien the Younger, c. 1713

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i'd love to one day find a transcript or some form of archiving for any of the operas so i could get a peek at how people in the past handled this story! (was there gender commentary? sexist jokes? was it gay? i hope it was gay) i know i have this whole blog but i still feel that i don't know a lot about this part of the myth besides the basics and modern retellings like in Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles or Eric Shanower's Age of Bronze. i just love the concept that achilles was so beautiful that he was able to dodge the war for a while by living as a girl!

“Mr. Mattocks as Achilles. Was Hector here, the fate of Troy should this instant be decided. Act 3.d” 

Found this in a local thrift shop <3 There are so many things going on in this little print i cant 

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Discovery of Achilles on Skyros Nicolas Poussin, c. 1650

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ohhhh this has big "revealed on skyros" vibes and i can't help but wonder if it's ephemera from an opera

“Mr. Mattocks as Achilles. Was Hector here, the fate of Troy should this instant be decided. Act 3.d” 

Found this in a local thrift shop <3 There are so many things going on in this little print i cant 

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Achilles Discovered Among the Daughters of Lycomedes Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1680-1685

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i think about it every day,

odysseus showing up at scyros to retrieve achilles for the trojan war: your bf looks gnc af

patroclus: YOURE INSANE

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Odysseus Discovers Achilles Among the Daughters of Lycomedes Anthony van Dyck & Peter Paul Rubens, 1617-1618