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LITERATURE

Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book XIX: Ulysses speaks incognito with Penelope and is recognised by Euryclea / vv. 386-394, 467-505: Euryclea washes Ulysses's feet, recognises him by his scar, and promises to keep his secret
Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book XXII: Punishment of the suitors and unfaithful servants / vv. 203-309: Ulysses, Telemachus, Eumaeus and Philetius kill the suitors
Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book XXIII: Ulysses is reunited with Penelope / vv. 205-246: Penelope and Ulysses embrace each other
Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Scenes without a clear textual source / Penelope weaving or undoing the shroud of Laertes (referred to in Book IV, vv. 94-109, and Book XIX, vv. 137-154) / Penelope weaving, with her maidservants

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Artist or creator

Master of the Return of Ulysses (active Flanders, c1550)

Date

1550 (circa)

Location

Paris, Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts graphiques (inv. 21190)

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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