NEWSFLASH! Vail’s SHIELD OF ACHILLES Featured on Cover of New Oxford University Press Textbook!

August 5, 2017January 15, 2018Kathleen_Vail 13 Comments

Here's an exciting Newsflash! My reconstruction of the Shield of Achilles is prominently featured on the cover of Oxford University Press' newly published 2nd edition of Gods, Heroes, and Monsters by Carolina López-Ruiz! ...Continue Reading

It All Comes Together When His Head Bursts Into Flames

April 2, 2017June 16, 2017Kathleen_Vail 4 Comments

Achilles' Head Bursts Into Flame. [Iliad 18.204-214] By K. Vail. Source: Wikimedia Commons

It all comes together when Achilles' head bursts into flames. Life and death, revenge and hate, righteousness and evil, glory and fate. The voices of the Muses strain to the point of breaking as their song empowers Achilles with supernatural radiance. ...Continue Reading