Achilles receives news of the death Patroclus from Antilochus depicted in the Roman fresco from Herculaneum (1-79 AD), now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy. Patroclus attempts to convince Achilles to take up arms again could also be depicted in the scene.

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