Odysseus and Sirens
- Title
- Odysseus and Sirens
- Repository
- British Museum
- Alternative
- Wall-painting Painting 27
- Creator
- unknown
- Photographer
- Lowenstam, Steven
- Creator Display
- unknown Ancient Roman (artist)
- Description
- Panel from a painted wall: Ulysses resists the songs of the Sirens. Ulysses is tied to the mast of his ship. The Sirens perch on high rocks, with the bones of earlier victims around them. The painting shows one siren playing the twin pipes, another the lyre, and the third presumably singing. This painting is a companion to 1867.5-8.1355. --The British Museum Hinks, R P, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan & Roman Paintings & Mosaics in the British Museum: Paintings, London, BMP, 1933
- View
- Front
- Coverage
- Pompeii, Campania, Italy (discovery)
- Temporal
- 50-75 CE
- Subject
- Book 12 Odyssey II Sirens
- Style Period
- Third Style Imperial (Roman)
- Work Type
- frescoes (paintings)
- Date
- 0050/0075
- Identifier
- Lowenstam_VRC_02300
- Item Locator
- Box 6, Section 8
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- University of Oregon, Department of Classics
- Local Collection Name
- Steven Lowenstam Collection
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- Height: 48 cm Weight: 8 kg (Checked) Width: 48 cm Depth: 2 cm
- Material
- painted
- Set
- Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
- Primary Set
- Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Cultural Context
- Roman (ancient Italian culture or period)
- Id Current Repository
- 1867,0508.1354