Heroon of Gjolboschi, Turkey

Odysseus= King of Ithaca rounds southern Peloponnesus & driven off courseLotophagi- forgetfulnessWestern Sea= PolyphemosAeolus- has bag of winds but no west wind, Odysseus cursed by Poseidon, father of Polyphemos! Poseidon is pro-TrojanTelepylus / Lamus- city of Antiphates, King of the Lastrygonian cannibalsCirce- turns Odysseus’ crew into swine, Hermes restores them after 1 year delayOdysseus seeks entry into the lower world to consult with TeiresiasPasses Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis

8 Pictures= Lastrygonians, 2 attack scenes, isle of Circe, palace of Circe, 2 scenes in Hades, Siren scene

Importance= narrative art vs. tabulae, paesaggio vs. megalographic, tilt-up perspective,rotulus effect

Odysseus arrives in Lastrygonia

Contrast of beautiful and horrible- transitions parallel Hellenistic biographiesFigures lack detail, may be copy, part of a tradition, paesaggio not megalographic

Attack of the Lastrygonians

IMPRESSIONISM

• Impressionism- developed by Antipholos of Alexandria 4th c. B.C. (Varro says its big

in his own time)• Has rough sketch look plus luministico• Petronius- attributes compendiariae to Alexandria • Pliny says invented by Nicomachos, son of

Aristeides– breviores compendiariae• Pliny says Greeks love to do scenes of

wandering Odysseus, errantes per topia

Circe letting Odysseus into her palace, and supplicating

him after failure of her magic.

Odysseus prays, cuts throats of sheep and dark blood flows, then sprits of deadMany are pierced with spears, wailing, ship lies offshore with billowing sailChiaruscuro effect baths Odysseus in lightPersonification of Hades River lies on rocksElpenor inscribed on far rock , Odysseus faces tall Teiresias who drinks bloodOdysseus has behind him Eurylochus and PerimedesPallid dead include Phaedra, Ariadne, Leda

Orion hunts animals, Sisyphus pushes stone away from precipice4 Danaids, daughters of Danaus, fill bottomless tub while the 5th mourns by rock50 daughters murdered their husbands- story NOT from Odyssey but in OvidPrometheus has liver picked over

SECOND STYLE PHASE IIA- 40-30 B.C. Closed wall beginning to dominate more Reduced emphasis on depth and distance Slenderizing trend is beginning, architectural syntax falling apart

Executed in 1674 by Pietro Santi Bartoli(Glasgow University Library, MS General 1496)

Found 1600 on Esquiline Hill – Woman testing water, then Peitho, then Venus persuade bride Hymenaeus Offering within patera to incense burner plus lyre player Dated to ca. 15 B.C. but not sure