ITT we post "objects of history" that we adore.
Pic related is Achilles' shield of gold.
>>915414
Nice thread, but that isn't really an object of history, is it?
Also, maybe post why you like it.
>>915436
It is not. It is a golden replica of his actual shield; the one he used against Hector, among other things.
I like the aesthetics of it, its design; there's really not much to say.
This replica was made in 1821 by an Englishman IIRC and it just brings it all to life in really majestic fashion.
Were I a billionaire I would give much for it.
>>915414
>tfw reading through the pages upon pages gushing about this damn shield
>tfw basically every historical myth has a section like this detailing just how fucking pimped out the warrior king protag is
Lookin at you, Nibelungenlied.
Though I do love that one myth about Herakles where a similar passage describing all the sick loot the gods drop on him ends with him looking at it all, going "thanks, but no thanks" and cutting himself a club from a nearby tree.
>>916002
I've seen this image all over forever and I still don't know what comic it's from.
>>915632
>It is a golden replica of his actual shield
>his actual shield;
no way
The Warren Cup.
>>916253
You and me both, brother.
Napoleon's preserved cock
