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GODS AND MYTHS

Achilles / Achilles brought away from Chiron

Achilles / Achilles instructed by Chiron

Achilles / Achilles on Scyros, among the daughters of Lycomedes / Entrusted to Lycomedes by Thetis

Achilles / Achilles on Scyros, among the daughters of Lycomedes / Discovered by Ulysses

Achilles / Achilles on Scyros, among the daughters of Lycomedes / Marrying Deidamia

Achilles / Achilles on Scyros, among the daughters of Lycomedes / Leaving Scyros

LITERATURE

Ancient / Statius / Achilleid / Cycles / Miscellaneous

Ancient / Statius / Achilleid / Book I: Thetis, foreseeing the Trojan War, hides Achilles with the daughters of Lycomedes, but Ulysses and Diomedes discover him there / vv. 217-241: Thetis brings the sleeping Achilles to Scyros

Ancient / Statius / Achilleid / Book I: Thetis, foreseeing the Trojan War, hides Achilles with the daughters of Lycomedes, but Ulysses and Diomedes discover him there / vv. 349-362: Thetis asks Lycomedes to educate Achilles (disguised as a woman)

Ancient / Statius / Achilleid / Book I: Thetis, foreseeing the Trojan War, hides Achilles with the daughters of Lycomedes, but Ulysses and Diomedes discover him there / vv. 852-866: Achilles takes a sword from the treasures offered by Ulysses, thus betraying his identity

Ancient / Statius / Achilleid / Book I: Thetis, foreseeing the Trojan War, hides Achilles with the daughters of Lycomedes, but Ulysses and Diomedes discover him there / v. 917: Wedding of Achilles and Deidamia

Further details

The mottoes are corrupt versions of the Achilleid of Statius. From right off the top, clockwise: Chiron and Achilles, Thetys takes the sleeping Achilles away, Achilles entrusted to Lycomedes, Ulysses finds Achilles (2 scenes), Achilles marries Deidamia; centre: Achilles leaves Scyros