Room of Achilles at Skyros - Domus Aurea, Rome

Room of Achilles at Skyros Domus Aurea, Rome The Domus Aurea (Latin, "Golden House") was a vast landscaped palace built by the Emperor Nero in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the city and the aristocratic villas on the Palatine Hill. The Room of Achilles at Skyros is located in the east wing of the complex. In this wing of the palace it is the Homeric poems, especially the Iliad, which inspired the choice of the subjects depicted on the painted panels of the main rooms, certainly the work of the painter Fabullus: at the centre of the vault of the Room of Achilles at Skyros, in a highly dynamic composition, the figure of the hero stands out among the daughters of the island’s king, Lycomedes.