Drawing: Ulysses at Alcinous's Palace

Ulysses (Odysseus), dressed in full armor with helmet, walks with King Alcinous. They stand in the center foreground on the walking path of a planned garden, trees on either side of them. In the middle ground courtiers stroll the gardens, including the princess and her attendants. Greenhouses or outbuildings line the left and right margins of the garden and in the far background steps leads up to the terrace of Alcinous's palace, drawn to resemble a Renaissance villa.

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Odysseus and Alcinous in the gardens of Alcinous. Drawing by Giovanni Battista Castello (1524-1567). British Museum 1946,0713.102. © Trustees of the British Museum. Used by permission.

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Associated Passages

Ovid, Amores 1.10

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