The Apotheosis of Homer
Stele of the Apotheosis of Homer at the British Museum
The man credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer, was revered by many, but in Alexandria he was made a god. [See next image in this gallery for the marble sculpture.]
Diagram accompanying the marble relief showing the Apotheosis of Homer Signed by Archelaus of Priene 225-205 B.C. Found at Bovillae on the Appian Way, but probably originating from Alexandria in Ptolemaic Eqypt.
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