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What does the symbols on achilles shield mean

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The images on Achilles’s shield symbolize the fleeting nature of life and the importance of seizing honor and glory.

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The Shield of Achilles is the shield that Achilles uses to fight Hector, famously described in a passage in Book 18, lines 478-608 of Homer's Iliad. In the poem, Achilles has lost his armour after lending it to his friend Patroclus.


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