Automédon ramenant les coursiers d'Achille des bords du Scamandre = Automedon Bringing the Horses of
Automédon ramenant les coursiers d'Achille des bords du Scamandre = Automedon Bringing the Horses of Achilles to the Banks of the ScamanderHenri Regnault (French; 1843–1871)1868Oil on woodMusée du Louvre, ParisThe brave Automedon (an honour’d name, The second to his lord in love and fame,In peace his friend, and partner of the war)The winged coursers harness’d to the car;Xanthus and Balius, of immortal breed,Sprung from the wind, and like the wind in speed. Homer, Iliad, Book XVI (translated by Alexander Pope) -- source link
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