This fresco cycle showing scenes from Homer’s Odyssey would have decorated an ancient Roman home.
Scenes from Homer’s Odyssey (books 10–12), before 46 B.C.E., fresco, 142 x 292; 142 x 292; 146 x 292; 142 x 292 cm (Vatican Museums), excavated in 1848 from a domus on Via Graziosa, now Via Cavour, Rome. Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Additional resources
This fresco at the Vatican Museums
Umberto Pappalardo, The Splendor of Roman Wall Painting (Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2009).
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