Art, Symbol & Imagination
Death Comes upon Odysseus from the Water
An armoured man and a pale-robed woman struggle together among sweeping forms and great chariot wheels. The crowded diagonals give the scene the force of a final embrace. The caption links Odysseus’s mortal wound with the prophecy that death would come to him from the water.
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Maurice Greiffenhagen. "Death Comes upon Odysseus from the Water" [editorial title]. In The World's Desire, H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang; illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894; new edition with twenty-seven illustrations from drawings by Maurice Greiffenhagen., 1894, Longmans, Green, and Co.. Source scan leaf 366. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0450-0366
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Maurice Greiffenhagen. Death Comes upon Odysseus from the Water. The World's Desire. Scan leaf 366. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0450-0366