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Marble relief depicting the Apotheosis (elevation to divine status) of the poet Homer with Zeus, Apollo and the Muses, signed by the sculptor Archelaus of Priene, ca. 225-205 BCE, found in Italy but thought to have been sculpted in Egypt. (British Museum)
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Raddato, C. (2015, May 13). The Apotheosis of Homer. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3856/the-apotheosis-of-homer/
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