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Mentor surpasses Achilles in music — engraving


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Mentor surpasses Achilles in music
"Mentor ubertrifft in der Music den Achiloas"
Antique copper engraving from "The Adventures of Prince Ithaca, or: Telemachus in Search of his Father Ulysses".

 

Achilles (Achilles) is a character in ancient Greek mythology, a participant in the Trojan War. He belonged to the Aeacid family, was the son of Peleus and the Nereid Thetis.
Mentor - in ancient Greek mythology, the teacher of Odysseus' son Telemachus.


Technique, Material:   Copper engraving / Paper
Artist: Johann Christian Sperling ,  Engraver:
Date, Publisher: "Die Begebenheiten Des Prinzen von Ithaca", Berlin & Potsdam, by Johann Andreas Rudiger, 1731.
Size: sheet 18.7 x 24.8 cm.

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