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Circe, a sorceress, offers a cup to Odysseus (commonly Ulysses in English). [2] In the cup is a potion. Circe seeks to bring Ulysses under her spell, as she has done with his crew. Two of Ulysses' crewmen have been transformed into pigs; one can be seen beside Circe's feet on the right, while the other is peering out from behind her throne on ...
This painting and Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso were painted for Monsignor Onorato Caetani (1742-1797) . They show scenes from the French novel The Adventures of Telemachus published by François Fénelon in 1699, and based on the story of Telemachus, son of Odysseus. [1] [2] [3]
With the weapon Circe gave him, Telegonus killed his father unknowingly. Telegonus then brought back his father's corpse to Aeaea, together with Penelope and Odysseus' son by her, Telemachus. After burying Odysseus, Circe made the other three immortal. Circe married Telemachus, and Telegonus married Penelope [34] by the advice of Athena. [35]
This painting and The Sorrow of Telemachus were painted for Monsignor Onorato Caetani (1742-1797) . They show scenes from the French novel The Adventures of Telemachus published by François Fénelon in 1699, and based on the story of Telemachus, son of Odysseus. [1] [2] [3]
Telemachus appears in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1833 poem "Ulysses", where the title speaker (based on Dante's version) expresses disappointment in his son. Telemachus is a frequent character in the poetry of Louise Glück. [19] Telemachus was the name of Carole King's cat and is pictured on the cover of her album Tapestry. [20]
The Sorrow of Telemachus (1783), oil on canvas, 83.2 x 114.3 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso (1782), oil on canvas, 82.6 x 112.4 cm., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Triumph of Venus with the Three Graces
Telemachus and Mentor (1956 image) In the Odyssey, Mentor (Greek: Μέντωρ, Méntōr; gen.: Μέντορος) [1] was the son of Alcimus. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus. When Odysseus left for the Trojan War, he placed Mentor in charge of his son Telemachus, [2] and of Odysseus' palace. [3]
After the completion of David's original painting in 1818, a replica was created in 1822 by Sophie Frémiet. [2] Frémiet, a student of David's, worked on this second version of The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis under the original artist's instruction. Frémiet went on to create repetitions of various other works that David painted during ...