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GODS AND MYTHS

Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / Philoctetes recovered by the Greeks and brought to Troy / Philoctetes exposed on Lemnos, in despair over his wound

LITERATURE

Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book V: Ulysses leaves Calypso, is shipwrecked and washed ashore the islands of the Phaeacians / vv. 151-153: Ulysses sitting at the shore and weeping for longing to return home / Ulysses alone

Further details

Cheek-piece of a helmet, depicting Ulysses or Philoctetes

Artist or creator

Athenian

Date

5th century BC (fourth quarter)

Location

Berlin, Antikensammlung (Pergamonmuseum and Altes Museum) (inv. Misc. 7863)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Salomon Reinach, Répertoire de Reliefs Grecs et Romains, vol. II, p. 29, no. 1

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Web resources

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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