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Exekias: Greek amphora depicting Achilles slaying Penthesilea
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Homer Hesiod Achilles and Patroclus Lion Gate Heracles battling the Lernaean Hydra the gods on Olympus Dionysus and the Maenads Theseus killing the Minotaur
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James Barry (1741-1806) painting title: The Education of Achilles, oil on canvas by James Barry, c. 1772; in the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut. 102.9 x 128.9 cm Alternate title: Chiron and Achilles
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Did ancient Greeks believe their myths were real?
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