Villa (Esquiline Hill), fresco: Odysseus enters Circe's palace and threatens her with his sword

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Title Villa (Esquiline Hill), fresco: Odysseus enters Circe's palace and threatens her with his sword
Building Villa
Location City/State Esquiline Hill, Rome
Location Country Italy
Style Period Ancient Rome: Republic; Antiquity
Description scene derived from Homer's "Odyssey"
Subject Wall Painting
Creation Date 50 - 40 BCE
Form wall painting
Medium fresco
Dimensions total length 48'; H: 5'
Repository Vatican Museum, Vatican City (Italy)
Source Ancient Greek Painting, and its Echoes in Later Art, by Stelios Lydakis. Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2004.
Work ID 18446
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6p87qrp
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 44297
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p87qrp
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