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Ancient Greek vase painting showing Odysseus seated between Eurylochos, who wears a helmet and cloak, and Perimedes, as they consult the shade of Tiresias. Engraving showing Tiresias as a woman striking two intertwined snakes with a stick in a wooded landscape, from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Interactive map introduction for Odysseus's Voyage, with instructions and a Start Journey button over a faded map of the Mediterranean region. Ralph Richardson as Tiresias gestures toward Laurence Olivier as Oedipus on stage in the Old Vic Theatre Company's 1945-1946 production of Sophocles' Oedipus.
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Odysseus consulting the shade of Tiresias
Odysseus, seated between Eurylochus (left) and Perimedes, consulting the shade of...
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Tiresias transformed into a woman
Copperplate engraving by François Chauveau from Metamorphoses d'Ovide en Rondeaux...
From Metamorphoses d'Ovide Rondeaux, illustration by François Chauveau, 1676.
Oedipus and Tiresias on stage
Laurence Olivier as Oedipus and Ralph Richardson as Tiresias in the Old Vic Theatre...
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Map of Odysseus's journey from Troy
Follow Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca, exploring key moments from the Odyssey at each...
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