Achilles Discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Date: 1630-1635
Medium: Oil on panel
Collection: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Disguised as a woman, Achilles lived on Scyros among the daughters of King Lycomedes until the Greeks discovered his whereabouts and sent Odysseus and Diomedes to the island to fetch him. The two presented themselves as pedlars and placed a collection of trinkets before the young women.














