The Shield Of Achilles
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| Originally published | 1952 |
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| Authors | W. H. Auden |
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| ID | 2481571 |
About The Shield Of Achilles
The Shield of Achilles is a poem by W. H. Auden first published in 1952, and the title work of a collection of poems by Auden, published in 1955. It is Auden's response to the detailed description, or ekphrasis, of the shield borne by the hero Achilles in Homer's epic poem the Iliad.
