Ulysses Transformed by Athena into a Beggar by Giuseppe Bottani

Ulysses Transformed by Athena into a Beggar

Giuseppe Bottani · 1775 · Musei Civici di Pavia – Pinacoteca Malaspina · Pavia, Italy

With a touch of her hand, Athena wraps Odysseus in wrinkles and rags — the perfect disguise for walking unrecognized into his own palace. Explore its place in Book XIII of the Odyssey.

Open this artwork in the Odyssey Mosaic