Achilles mourns Patroclus by Nikolaj Ge, 1855 & Thetis Takes Achilles from the Centaur Chiron by
Achilles mourns Patroclus by Nikolaj Ge, 1855 & Thetis Takes Achilles from the Centaur Chiron by Pompeo Batoni, 1760. “I am delighted that you spoke of Achilles. He is my favourite amongst the heroes, so strong and tender, the most accomplished and most ephemeral bloom on the pantheon of heroes, “born to live but briefly” according to Homer, precisely because he is so beautiful. I would almost like to think that the old poet shows him so rarely in action, letting the others make much noise, while his hero sits in the tent, to trivialise him as little as possible amongst the tumult outside Troy.” – Friedrich Hölderlin -- source link
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