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Detail of an Etruscan Mirror with Achilles and Memnon in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Detail of an Etruscan Mirror with Achilles and Memnon in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010
Title: Bronze mirror

Medium; Technique: Bronze

Culture: Etruscan

Period: Classical

Date: ca. 450–420 B.C.

Dimensions: length 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm); diameter 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922

Accession Number: 22.139.84


Description:

Achle (Achilles) fighting with Memnun (Memnon) and Thesan (Eos) retrieving the body of her son Memnun from the battlefield.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

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