Achilles Mosaic (Akhilleus on the Skyros Island mosaic), floor mosaic of the Poseidon Villa in the ancient city of Zeugma.
Dated to the first half of the 3rd century AD. It is exhibiting at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum. It is thought to be the bottom of a pool because it has a fountain in the middle.[1] At the center of the mosaic, whose border is surrounded by a wave motif, is Achilles, the greatest hero of the Hellenes during the Trojan War. It is depicted when Achilles was found by Odysseus in the palace of King Lycomedes on the island of Skyros.
Achilles lives in the palace where he was sent by his mother and father, who did not want him to participate in the Trojan War, wearing women's clothes and living with the king's daughters.According to the story, when Odysseus started to make the trumpet sounds that herald the war, the women ran away, while Achilles took up arms and thus his identity was revealed.There is a soft and flexible wave motif right around the middle part where the scene is depicted.
"Achilles on the Island of Skyros" theme
Achilles appears in the Iliad written by Homer as the greatest warrior of the Greeks in the Trojan War and the theme of “Achilles on Skyros” is a subject that inspired various wall paintings and floor mosaics in the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Periods.[2] There are approximately 15 mosaics depicting the mythology of Achilles on Skyros, dated between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD, in various regions of the Roman Empire such as Turkey, Spain, North Africa, Mauritania and Gaul.[2]
See also
- ^ Gürses, Emel (2019). "Tarih, estetik ve toplumsal cinsiyet: Zeugma mozaiklerinde kadın imgesi". Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü yüksek lisans tezi. Archived from the original on 10 Mart 2016. Retrieved 8 Ağustos 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ^ a b Eraslan, Şehnaz. "Roma Dönemi Duvar Resmi ve Mozaiklerde Akhilleus Skyros'ta Sahnesi: Efes, Pompeii ve Zeugma Örneği". Archived from the original on 8 Ağustos 2022.
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