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File:Apotheosis Homer BM 2191.jpg

Summary

Artist
English: Archelaos of Priene (signed)
Français : Archélaos de Priène (signature)
Title
English: So-called Apotheosis of Homer
Français : Relief dit de l'Apothéose d'Homère.
Description
English: tier: Homer seated on a throne; behind him, Oikoumene (Arsinoe III?) and Cronos (Ptolemy IV?); crouching beside the throne, the Iliad and the Odyssey; on the left of the altar, the Myth (as a child); on the right of the altar, from left to right, History, Poetry, Tragedy and Comedy, then Nature (Physis), Virtue (Arete), Memory (Mneme), Good Faith (Pistis), Wisdom (Sophia). Upper tier: Zeus; middle tiers: Muses. Probably made in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt.
Français : Registre inférieur : Homère assis sur un trône; derrière lui, Oikouménè (Arsinoé III ?) et kronos (Ptolémée IV ?) ; accroupis à côté du trône, l'Iliade et l'Odyssée ; à gauche de l'autel, le Mythe (enfant) ; à droite de l'autel, de gauche à droite : l'Histoire, la Poésie, la Tragédie et la Comédie, puis la Nature (Physis), la Vertu (Arétè), la Mémoire (Mnémé), la Bonne Foi (Pistis) et la Sagesse (Sophia). registre supérieur : Zeus ; registres intermédiaires : Muses. Probablement réalisé à Alexandrie.
Date between 225 and 205 BC
Medium marble
Dimensions 118 cm (46.5 in)
Main floor, Room 22: Alexander the Great & the Hellenistic world
Accession number GR. 1819.8-12.1 (Cat. Sculpture 2191)
Object history
Français : Provenance : Bovillæ, sur la Via Appia
English: From Bovillæ on the Via Appia.
Credit line Purchased from Messrs May, 1819
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)
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Camera manufacturer NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model NIKON D300S
Author Marie-Lan Nguyen
Copyright holder Creative Commons Attribution
Exposure time 1/80 sec (0.0125)
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Date and time of data generation 13:14, 15 May 2011
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File change date and time 11:01, 13 June 2011
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Date and time of digitizing 13:14, 15 May 2011
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Maximum land aperture 3 APEX (f/2.83)
Subject distance 3.76 meters
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Colour space sRGB
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Scene type A directly photographed image
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Exposure mode Manual exposure
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Digital zoom ratio 1
Focal length in 35 mm film 157 mm
Scene capture type Standard
Scene control Low gain up
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
Subject distance range Unknown
GPS tag version 2.2.0.0

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