Odysseus Between Scylla and Charybdis by William Bromley, after Henry Fuseli, 1806

Odysseus Between Scylla and Charybdis

William Bromley, after Henry Fuseli, 1806 · 1806 · British Museum · London, England

After the wreck, Odysseus hangs from a fig-tree branch above Charybdis, waiting for the whirlpool to release the swallowed timbers. Explore its place in Book XII of the Odyssey.

Open this artwork in the Odyssey Mosaic