Achilles on the Island of Skyros

A woman in a robe looks fearful as her right arm is grabbed from the left by Achilles and from the right by Odysseus, who wears a small skullcap and holds a long spear. Achilles’ shield is upright between Odysseus and the woman. She is Deidamia, daughter of King Lycomedes and pregnant with Achilles’ child. Her father is in the background at the left. A soldier is slightly behind him on the right. At the far right a nude woman, holding drapery above and behind her, is fleeing the scene.

Achilles on the Island of Skyros

Medium:
Fresco
Dimensions:
98.7 cm wide, 148 cm high
Context:
House of the Dioscuri, Tablinum 42, south wall, central section, Pompeii
Date:
1st century CE
Inventory Number:
MANN 9110
Lender:
National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Credit:
Image © Photographic Archive, National Archaeological Museum of Naples