The Shield of Achilles

This article is about the poem and poetry collection by W. H. Auden. For the mythical object, see Shield of Achilles. For the 2002 book by Philip Bobbitt, see The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History.
First UK edition (publ. Faber & Faber)

The Shield of Achilles is a poem by W. H. Auden first published in 1952, and the title work of a collection of poems by Auden, published in 1955. It is Auden's response to the detailed description, or ekphrasis, of the shield borne by the hero Achilles in Homer's epic poem the Iliad.