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title: Hephaestus Offers Thetis the Armor of Achilles
author: Sebastià Giralt
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12710/hephaestus-offers-thetis-the-armor-of-achilles/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2023-01-30
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# Hephaestus Offers Thetis the Armor of Achilles

_Authored by Sebastià Giralt_

## Image File

[![Hephaestus Offers Thetis the Armor of Achilles](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12710.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12710.jpg)

## Image Caption

A [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) [fresco](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Fresco/) depicting the forge-[god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) [Hephaestus](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hephaistos/) presenting [Thetis](https://www.worldhistory.org/Thetis/) with the armour of her son [Achilles](https://www.worldhistory.org/achilles/), 1st century CE.

National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Giralt, S. (2020, September 12). Hephaestus Offers Thetis the Armor of Achilles. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12710/hephaestus-offers-thetis-the-armor-of-achilles/>
### Chicago
Giralt, Sebastià. "Hephaestus Offers Thetis the Armor of Achilles." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 12, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12710/hephaestus-offers-thetis-the-armor-of-achilles/>.
### MLA
Giralt, Sebastià. "Hephaestus Offers Thetis the Armor of Achilles." *World History Encyclopedia*, 12 Sep 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12710/hephaestus-offers-thetis-the-armor-of-achilles/>.

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