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Relief of Archelaus showing Apoethesis of Homer (BM)
c. 225-205
signed by Archelaus of Priene
Bottom Register
deified Homer seated on a throne, holding scepter and scroll, crowned by
Time
and
the World
Supporting his throne are two kneeling figures representing his epic masterpieces, the Iliad and the Odyssey
To the right, various personifications (such as Myth, History, Poetry, Tragedy, and Comedy) lead a bull to sacrifice on an altar in his honor
Middle Registers
The middle tiers depict the slopes of Mount Helicon, the mythical home of the Muses. You can see all nine Muses and Apollo playing a kithara (lyre) in a cave
Top Register
At the very top, Zeus, the king of the gods, reclines with an eagle at his feet, exchanging looks with Mnemosyne (Memory)
provenance
it was almost certainly made in Egypt, in Alexandria, where the poet was worshiped as a god
Time and Inhabited World are portraits of the Ptolemaic rulers Ptolemy IV Philopator and his wife Arsinoe III
Trophy Gate, Athens, next to Stoa Poikile
Trophy gate erected by Demetrius and Antigonus, to west of Stoa Poikile
Pausanias tells us this had a trophy atop it
location co-opts former Athenian successes for themselves
