Homer's Women

Odysseus

Nigel Bruce

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Odysseus
Odysseus from a group sculpture representing Odysseus blinding Polyphemus. Marble, Greek, probably 1st century AD. From the villa of Tiberius at Sperlonga. Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Sperlonga.
British Museum

The red-figured pottery above (stamnos) shows Odysseus passing the Sirens. And could that be Odysseus below? This is a kylix, a large drinking cup held with two hands.

Attributed to the Briseis painter, sometime between 480 and 460BC