Subject
Relief representing Homer in the presence of Zeus, Apollo and the Muses: in the scene the poet is honoured and crowned in front of several personifications. The find, bearing the name of the sculptor Archelaos of Priene, dates back to the Ptolemaic age and it was probably produced in Alexandria, Egypt.
Accession number 1819,0812.1
Marble
Height approximately 1.21 m; width approximately 0.76 m
225-205 B.C. (reign of Ptolemy Philopator)
Provenance
Found on the Via Appia, at Bovillae
Placement
The British Museum (not on display)
Credits
The British Museum
References
C.T. Newton – E.L. Hicks – G. Hirschfeld – F.H. Marshall (eds.), The Collection of Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the British Museum, I-IV, London, British Museum, 1874-1916.
F.N. Pryce – A.H. Smith, Catalogue of Greek Sculpture in the British Museum, I-III, London, BMP, 1892-1928.
