Achilles and Telephus
On the left Achilles, leaning on his spear and in some disarray is consulting Pythia, the oracle: to reach Troy he must be guided by Telephus.
On the right, Achilles is in the palace of Telephus and tries to polish the tip of the spear with a knife so that he can clean the wound of the rust. Telephus sits on a stool, but doesn't look too bad for a man who has just been stabbed, but then he was the son of Heracles so he couldn't really play the whimp.
The relief was produced by an Athenian workshop and was originally painted.
Achilles and Telephus
On the left Achilles, leaning on his spear and in some disarray is consulting Pythia, the oracle: to reach Troy he must be guided by Telephus.
On the right, Achilles is in the palace of Telephus and tries to polish the tip of the spear with a knife so that he can clean the wound of the rust. Telephus sits on a stool, but doesn't look too bad for a man who has just been stabbed, but then he was the son of Heracles so he couldn't really play the whimp.
The relief was produced by an Athenian workshop and was originally painted.