The Apotheosis of Homer. Detail: Homer crowned and enthroned
Marble votive relief.Ca. 225—205 BCE. London, British Museum
The Apotheosis of Homer. Detail: Homer crowned and enthroned.
Marble votive relief.
Ca. 225—205 BCE.
Ca. 225—205 BCE.
London, British Museum.
Origin:
Found at Bovillae on the Via Appia (ca. 20 km from Rome). Acquired by BM in 1819.
Description:
Marble relief: the Apotheosis of Homer with Zeus, Apollo and the Muses. The poet is crowned by Time and the World, and acclaimed by other personifications. It is signed by the sculptor Archelaos of Priene.
Credits:
© 1890. Drawing, text: William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, p. I, London, 1890, p. 547, article “Corona”.
© 2013. Description: Official site of the British Museum.
© 2013. Description: Official site of the British Museum.
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