Ulysses and Nausicaa by Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Italian, 1727-1785

Ulysses and Nausicaa

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Italian, 1727-1785 · n.d. · The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, USA

Washed ashore and exhausted, Odysseus asks help of the kind princess Nausicaa, who leads him toward her father’s palace. Explore its place in Book VI of the Odyssey.

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