The death of Achilles wearing only a Corinthian helmet. Greek hero in the Trojan War, Achle in Etruscan. Behind him, naked Ulysses and Ajax (Aivas Tlamunus) armed with shield and parazonium sword try to protect him. From an engraved cornelian gem. Achillis Interitum in Corneola Ibid. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venuti’s Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.

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