Two cities, Troy and Greece, are shown on it and it represents war and peace. The shield was forged by Hephaestus, God of Fire, because Achilles mother requested it to keep her son safe. There are many sections on the shield focusing on different areas of life. Achilles’s shield was forged for him, but worthy of a God. There were pictures of a wedding, conflict, two armies, farmlands, the king, a vineyard, cattle, lame god, and lastly surrounding all of the sections was an ocean. “He made a shield first, heavy and huge, every inch of it intricately designed. He threw a triple rim around it, glittering like lightning, and he made the strap silver. The shield itself was five layers thick, and he crafted its surface with all of his genius.” (238-239). Hephaestus seemed to put his heart and soul into the armor he made for Achilles so that he would be protected, but also represent many things in the pictures he put on
Two cities, Troy and Greece, are shown on it and it represents war and peace. The shield was forged by Hephaestus, God of Fire, because Achilles mother requested it to keep her son safe. There are many sections on the shield focusing on different areas of life. Achilles’s shield was forged for him, but worthy of a God. There were pictures of a wedding, conflict, two armies, farmlands, the king, a vineyard, cattle, lame god, and lastly surrounding all of the sections was an ocean. “He made a shield first, heavy and huge, every inch of it intricately designed. He threw a triple rim around it, glittering like lightning, and he made the strap silver. The shield itself was five layers thick, and he crafted its surface with all of his genius.” (238-239). Hephaestus seemed to put his heart and soul into the armor he made for Achilles so that he would be protected, but also represent many things in the pictures he put on