Achilles and Briseis

Jacques Joseph Coiny's engraving, after Agostino Carracci's interpretation of the original painting.

Achilles and Briseis is a picture depicting plateaux from the Iliad relating to the gifting of Briseis to Achilles found in the House of the Tragic Poet Pompeii, Italy. The image is painted in distemper, similar to coloured white-washing and intermediary between fresco and paint. It was at one time moved to the Naples National Archaeological Museum. Agostino Carracci produced an engraving from it which was included in his collection of erotic poses, I Modi.

References

Wheeler, William A., and Charles G. Wheeler. Familiar Allusions A Handbook of Miscellaneous Information. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1881. Print.

Pompeii

History	Pompei Mount Vesuvius 62 Pompeii earthquake Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79

Villas of Pompeii‎	Villa of the Mysteries

Domus of Pompeii‎	House of the Faun House of Sallust House of the Centenary House of Julia Felix House of Loreius Tiburtinus House of Menander House of the surgeon House of the Silver Wedding House of the Tragic Poet House of the Vettii Lupanar

Public buildings of Pompeii‎	Aqua Augusta Macellum of Pompeii

Recreational buildings of Pompeii‎	Amphitheatre Suburban Baths

Temples of Pompeii	Temple of Apollo Temple of Isis Temple of Jupiter

Suburban areas of Pompeii	Oplontis Villa Poppaea Stabiae Villa Boscoreale

Archaeological Museum	Naples National Archaeological Museum

Art in Pompeii	Achilles and Briseis Alexander Mosaic Portrait of Paquius Proculo Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum Pompeian Styles Conservation issues of Pompeii and Herculaneum Pompeii in popular culture

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