LRI4601504 Friesland: the sacrifice of Codros king of Athens, detail. Greek mythology: Codros (or Codrus) learning from an oracle that the advantage of war between the Dorians and the Athenians would belong to those whose leader would be killed, voluntarily devoured himself by fighting in the middle of the melee to find death. Painting by Domenico Beccafumi (1486-1551), 1529-1535. Fresco. italy, Siena, Public Palace (Siena, Palazzo Pubblico) by Beccafumi, Domenico (1486-1551); Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy; (add.info.: Friesland: the sacrifice of Codros king of Athens, detail. Greek mythology: Codros (or Codrus) learning from an oracle that the advantage of war between the Dorians and the Athenians would belong to those whose leader would be killed, voluntarily devoured himself by fighting in the middle of the melee to find death. Painting by Domenico Beccafumi (1486-1551), 1529-1535. Fresco. italy, Siena, Public Palace (Siena, Palazzo Pubblico)); Luisa Ricciarini; Italian, out of copyright.