A luxurious private house where a fragment of a mosaic composition depicting the unmasking of Achilles has survived. The scene portrays Achilles meeting with Odysseus in Lykomedes' house on the Greek island of Skyros where Achilles, disguised as a girl, was sent by his mother to avoid his participation in the Trojan war.
Kourion, House of Achilles
Relevant museums
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Cyprus Museum in Nicosia
Lefkosia. Archeological museum
Cyprus, Nicosia
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