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Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.

Odysseus and his men blinding the cyclops Polyphemus with a sharpened stake. Etching by Taylor, ca. 1790.

Polyphemus attacking the companions of Odysseus and their ships, or the companions and ships of Aeneas. Etching with engraving.

Circe, Ulysses [Odysseus] and Mercury [Hermes]. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

Ulysses [Odysseus] and the Sirens. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

Achilles discovered by Odysseus dressed as a woman among the daughters of Lycomedes. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius after Angelica Kauffman, 1786.

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Odysseus

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Images featuring Odysseus

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Polyphemus attacking the companions of Odysseus and their ships, or the companions and ships of Aeneas. Etching with engraving.

Circe, Ulysses [Odysseus] and Mercury [Hermes]. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

Odysseus and his men blinding the cyclops Polyphemus with a sharpened stake. Etching by Taylor, ca. 1790.

Achilles discovered by Odysseus dressed as a woman among the daughters of Lycomedes. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius after Angelica Kauffman, 1786.

Ulysses [Odysseus] and the Sirens. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.