Ulysses and Nausicaa by Michele Desubleo

Ulysses and Nausicaa

Michele Desubleo · after 1654 · Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte · Naples, Italy

Kneeling with an olive branch, the shipwrecked Ulysses asks Princess Nausicaa for help — and she offers the ragged stranger fine clothes instead of fear. Explore its place in Book VI of the Odyssey.

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