03-08-2007, 01:54 PM
The shield of Achilles was hammered and forged into shape, according to Homer's Iliad, by Hephaestos (Homer Iliad Book 18.470-569 )
However,the relief you are talking about is Roman ( maybe late second or early third-century) and can be found here:
http://www.goddessathena.org/Museum/Scu ... lles_f.htm
Another example comes from the 1st century in Pompeii : http://www.theoi.com/image/F7.1Hephaistos.jpg
I have yet to find a Greek example of this scene. These are the main images of him in Greek art :
http://www.theoi.com/image/P13.3Thetis.jpg
http://www.theoi.com/image/P13.4Thetis.jpg
However,the relief you are talking about is Roman ( maybe late second or early third-century) and can be found here:
http://www.goddessathena.org/Museum/Scu ... lles_f.htm
Another example comes from the 1st century in Pompeii : http://www.theoi.com/image/F7.1Hephaistos.jpg
I have yet to find a Greek example of this scene. These are the main images of him in Greek art :
http://www.theoi.com/image/P13.3Thetis.jpg
http://www.theoi.com/image/P13.4Thetis.jpg
Peter Raftos
