Lightfoot, Jessica;
Agócs, Péter;
(2025)
Telegonus and the Bow of Odysseus: Reconsidering a Red-Figure Vase Fragment in the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts.
In: Endreffy, Kata and Faraone, Christopher A and Goette, Hans-Rupprecht, (eds.)
Everything Is Illuminated: Studies on Graeco-Roman Iconography in Honour of Árpád M. Nagy.
(pp. 25-40).
L'Erma di Bretschneider: Rome, Italy.
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Abstract
This article explores the relationship between the surviving testimonia and reception of the Telegony, the final part of the Epic Cycle in which Odysseus’ death on Ithaca was recounted, and the only certain extant iconographical depiction of his killer: Telegonus, his son with Circe. This fragment (50.101), which also depicts Circe, resides in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. Although published and discussed in the art historical literature, it has remained largely unexamined by scholars interested in the Telegony and its reception. A closer examination of this unique depiction of Odysseus’ son reveals a version of the Telegonus myth that contains hitherto unrecognised details about the youth’s relationship with his father.
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | Telegonus and the Bow of Odysseus: Reconsidering a Red-Figure Vase Fragment in the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts |
| ISBN-13: | 978-88-913-3624-8 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.48255/9788891336279 |
| Publisher version: | https://www.lerma.it/libro/9788891336248 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Greek and Latin |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10220260 |
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