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Art Greek. Hellenistic. The Statue of Lacoon (Laacoonte). 2

Art Greek. Hellenistic. Statue of Lacoon and his sons (Antiphates and Thymbraeus). The sculpture is attributed by three sculptors from the island of Rhodes. Agesander, Athenedores and Polydorus. 2th BC. Detail. Vaticans Museums. Vatican City

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Ambassadors Sent by Agamemnon to Urge Achilles to Fight, 1801 (oil on canvas)

XIR128674 Ambassadors Sent by Agamemnon to Urge Achilles to Fight, 1801 (oil on canvas) by Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867); Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France; (add.info.: Ambassadeurs envoyes a Achille par Agamemnon pour l'engager a combattre; persuade him to take up arms; Achilles refused to fight until she had been returned;); French, out of copyright

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Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, also known as "Thetis receives the Arms of

3740413 Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, also known as "Thetis receives the Arms of Achilles" (oil on canvas) by Dyck, Anthony van (1599-1641); 113 x 149.5 cm; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA; (add.info.: The nymph Thetis persuaded Vulcan, the blacksmith of the gods, to make a set of impregnable armour for her son Achilles, fighting in the Trojan War. ); Flemish, out of copyright

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