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| Keywords: Apotheosis Homer BM 2191.jpg Archelaos of Priene signed Archélaos de Priène signature So-called Apotheosis of Homer tier Homer seated on a throne; behind him Oikoumene Arsinoe III and Cronos Ptolemy IV ; crouching beside the throne the Iliad and the Odyssey; on the left of the altar the Myth as a child ; on the right of the altar from left to right History Poetry Tragedy and Comedy then Nature Physis Virtue Arete Memory Mneme Good Faith Pistis Wisdom Sophia Upper tier Zeus; middle tiers Muses Probably made in Alexandria Ptolemaic Egypt Registre inférieur Homère assis sur un trône; derrière lui Oikouménè Arsinoé III et kronos Ptolémée IV ; accroupis à côté du trône l'Iliade et l'Odyssée ; à gauche de l'autel le Mythe enfant ; à droite de l'autel de gauche à droite l'Histoire la Poésie la Tragédie et la Comédie puis la Nature Physis la Vertu Arétè la Mémoire Mnémé la Bonne Foi Pistis et la Sagesse Sophia registre supérieur Zeus ; registres intermédiaires Muses Probablement réalisé à Alexandrie between 225 205 BC marble white cm 118 Museum British Museum Main floor Room 22 Alexander the Great the Hellenistic world object history Provenance Bovillæ sur la Via Appia From Bovillæ on the Via Appia credit line Purchased from Messrs May 1819 accession number GR 1819 8-12 1 Cat Sculpture 2191 Marie-Lan Nguyen 2011 other versions thumb Electroplate reproduction by Elkingtons of Birmingham Sculptures of Homer Hellenistic sculptures Reliefs of the Ptolemaic dynasty 3rd-century BC reliefs Ancient art from Alexandria Ancient Greek sculptures in the British Museum Apotheosis of writers Arete mythology Room 22 British Museum Taken with AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2 8G IF-ED Taken with Nikon D300s | ||||
