Roman mosaic of Ulysses resisting the songs of the Sirens- Bardo Museum Tunis
by Paul E Williams
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Roman mosaic of Ulysses resisting the songs of the Sirens- Bardo Museum Tunis
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Paul E Williams
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Photograph - Colour Photograph
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Roman mosaic depicting Ulysses resisting the songs of the Sirens on his way back from Troy. In Homers Odyssey it is told that when Ulysses returned home by ship he sailed past the island of the Sirens. Fable had it that the rapture induced by the songs of the Sirens forced sailors to jump overboard and drown. From the reign of Emperor Gallienus 260-280 AD. Excavated from The House of Dionysus and Ulysses, Dougga, Inv 2884A.
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