Complex sentence: This shield was given to him by his mother Venus after she asked her husband Vulcan to create it, this scene is almost identical to Thetis the mother of Achilles asking asking Hephaestus to create her son new weapons and armor for the battle of Troy.
Split into simpler sentences: This shield was given to him by his mother, Venus, after she asked her husband Vulcan to create it. This scene is almost identical to Thetis, the mother of Achilles, asking Hephaestus to create her son new weapons and armor for the battle of Troy.