SUMMER SPECIAL:
“ACHILLES’ (HIGH) HEEL”
THE EDUCATION OF ACHILLES
James Barry, 1772
THE DISCOVERY OF ACHILLES
A selection of 16th and 17th century painting illustrating the climax of thge story.
HANDEL’S “DEIDAMIA”
George Frederic Handel’s final opera was one of several versions of the story of Achilles on Skyros composed in the 18th century. …