The Oldest Existing Fragment of ‘The Odyssey’ Is on Display at the Met
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More than 2,000 years old and lines that are missing in today's "Odyssee: An antique piece of discovery gets topicality through Nolan's film. Now it is presented in a US museum.
The Oldest Existing Fragment of ‘The Odyssey’ is on Display at the Met
The oldest existing fragment of The Odyssey, Homer’s eternally relevant epic Greek poem that’s recently been adapted into a high-profile blockbuster, has just gone on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a long hiatus from being on public view. The fragment is a Ptolemaic relic that dates to around 285-250 BCE, and was […]
Against the backdrop of the success of Christopher Nolan's film adaptation of "The Odyssey," the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is exhibiting a special artifact from the ancient epic. On display is a papyrus fragment dating from approximately 285 to 250 BC, which the museum stated is considered the earliest known written fragment of Homer's "Odyssey."
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