Minerva Guiding Telemachus (from The Odyssey of Homer)
John Flaxman, engr. Tommaso Piroli · 1793/1805 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, USA
The grey-eyed goddess Athena, in disguise, gently guides young Telemachus as he sets out to find news of his long-lost father. Explore its place in Book I of the Odyssey.