 Pausanias wrote "And, at the extremity of the painting, is Penthesilea breathing her last, and Achilles supporting her".The motive of Achilles supporting a dying or dead Penthesilea has been preserved at the Temple of Aphrodisias and was reinterpreted in sculptures and mosaics in ancient Rome.A black figure vase from about 510–500 BC shows Achilles carrying Penthesilea from the battlefield.