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Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character)

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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.
  • Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.
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    Polyphemus attacking the companions of Odysseus and their ships, or the companions and ships of Aeneas. Etching with engraving.

    | Reference: 557556i
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    Circe, Ulysses [Odysseus] and Mercury [Hermes]. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

    Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609. | Reference: 11481i
    Part of: Imagines farnesiani cubiculi
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    Odysseus and his men blinding the cyclops Polyphemus with a sharpened stake. Etching by Taylor, ca. 1790.

    | Date: [1790?] | Reference: 43375i
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    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.

    Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807. | Date: 1786 | Reference: 677352i
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    Ulysses [Odysseus] and the Sirens. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

    Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609. | Reference: 11480i
    Part of: Imagines farnesiani cubiculi
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