# Fury of Achilles

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## Artwork

- Artist: [COYPEL, Charles-Antoine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coypel-charles-antoine-r4cc091469f32fa>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 147 x 195 cm

## Commentary

Coypel had an excellent knowledge of ancient literature and here he precisely illustrated a passage from Homer&#39;s Iliad: Poseidon and Athena, having assumed human form, support the hero Achilles as he rushes at the Trojans. In the foreground are the river god Scamander \(Xanthos\) and his brother Simoeis, also sworn enemies of Achilles, while in the sky Hephaestus, carrying torches, is rushing to his aid, sent by the goddess Hera.

## Related artworks

- [Cheerful Democritus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coypel-charles-antoine-r4cc091469f32fa/cheerful-democritus-rb1b878e817b7c6>)
- [Philippe Coypel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coypel-charles-antoine-r4cc091469f32fa/philippe-coypel-rf5097d4fab2dfd>)
- [Portrait of an Actor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coypel-charles-antoine-r4cc091469f32fa/portrait-of-an-actor-r0940080e4ca2b2>)
- [Sorrowful Heraclitus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coypel-charles-antoine-r4cc091469f32fa/sorrowful-heraclitus-r06c99d6390eda8>)
- [St Piamun and Her Mother in an Egyptian Village](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coypel-charles-antoine-r4cc091469f32fa/st-piamun-and-her-mother-in-an-egyptian-village-rd7736207dc7c5e>)
- [The Fortune Teller](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/coypel-charles-antoine-r4cc091469f32fa/the-fortune-teller-r5768afd346a31b>)

## Attribution

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