F15.1 CHIRON & ACHILLES
| Museum Collection | National Archaeological Museum of Naples |
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| Catalogue No. | - |
| Type | Fresco, Imperial Roman IV Style |
| Context | Herculaneum, Basilica |
| Date | ca 65 -79 A.D. |
| Period | Imperial Roman |
DESCRIPTION
The learned centaur Chiron instructs the boy Achilles in the playing of the lyre. He rests upon his equine haunch and wears an animal-skin cloak and wreath of laurel.