Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Achelous / With other figures
Tiresias / Tiresias in the Odyssey / Ulysses summons the shade of Tiresias

LITERATURE

Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book XI: Ulysses recounts his adventures (Journey to the Underworld) / vv. 23-36: Ulysses sacrifices a sheep and a ram

Further details

Ulysses (on the left) sacrificing a ram in the underworld to summon up the shade of Tiresias. On the lid: Achelous with two male figures holding snakes.

Artist or creator

Etruscan

Date

300 BC (circa)

Location

Orvieto, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo di Orvieto (Found at Torre San Severo)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

E. Galli, 'The Etruscan Sarcophagus of Torre San Severo in Orvieto', Art and Archaeology, VI, 5 (November 1917), pp.229-34

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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