Odysseus

Mark Cartwright

by Mark Cartwright
published on 09 May 2013

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Roman statuette of the Greek hero Odysseus, 2nd century CE.

He holds a cup of wine in offering to the Cyclops Polyphemus. By getting him drunk, the hero was able to blind Polyphemus and escape from the Cyclops' cave to continue his voyage home to Ithaca.

The Vatican Museums, Rome.

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Mark Cartwright

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

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