Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (1)

• The Shield of Achilles: Homeric Ekphrasis (*Iliad* 18)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 18 · Homeric — Hephaestus’s cosmic and civic shield

Places appearing with them

• Earth, heaven, sea
• Fields, vineyard, herd, dancing-floor
• Hephaestus’s forge on Olympus
• Ocean stream
• Two cities

Themes

• Marriage
• Theft
• War