Arts & Sciences
Book IX, 792: On the Picture of Ulysses’ descent to Hell
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Arts & Sciences
This is the work of Nicias. I am painted here an ever-living City of the dead, the tomb of every age. It was Homer who explored the house of Hades, and I am copied from him as my first original.
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book IX, 792: On the Picture of Ulysses’ descent to Hell.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/69/.
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book IX, 792: On the Picture of Ulysses’ descent to Hell.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/69/.
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