Achilles and Briseis
Introduction ''Briseis taken away from Achilles'', Fourth Style of Pompeian wall painting, from the atrium of the House of the Tragic Poet'''''Achilles and Briseis''''' is an Ancient Roman painting from the 1st-century AD, depicting tableaux from the ''Iliad'' relating to the gifting of Briseis to Achilles found in the House of the Tragic Poet Pompeii, Italy. The image is painted in distemper, similar to coloured white-washing and intermediary between fresco and paint. It was at one time moved to the Naples National Archaeological Museum. Agostino Carracci produced an engraving from it, which was included in his collection of erotic poses, ''I Modi''.
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