The triumph of Achilles
After Achilleus friend Patroclus fell through the hand of Hector, the trojan's strongest hero, the violent Achilleus took possession of a tremendous anger.
He hired Hector and killed him in a long-running duel. Not only to insult his defeated opponent and the Trojan horse watching the battlements, he dragged Hector's body seven times around Troy.
The relief shows this scene. Achilleus, standing in the battle car, holds the dead man's helmet in his hands. The aged king Priam later pleaded for the maltreated corpse of his son. Achilleus, single to his exuberant anger, granted this request.
This relief was part of a tomb and is reproduced in a reduced size.
Exhibit of the National Museum.
