Milo's plate

An item at Louvre

Decoration: Ulysses and Penelope; Ulysses (nude, in profile, hair, long, mustache, beard, carrying, chlamys, on, shoulder, leaning on, stick, standing, carrying, gourd, holding, hand); Penelope (in profile, hair, wavy, cecryphal, chiton, fold, himation, seated, on, seat, on, base, molding); under seat (basket) Condition of the work: incomplete: Penelope's right arm and Ulysses' are missing; broken in several places and glued back together; chips on Ulysses' back. The reverse has been consolidated.

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

The Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities is home to a collection of artworks representing the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman civilizations; it illustrates the art of a vast area encompassing Greece, Italy, and the whole of the Mediterranean basin, and spans the period from Neolithic times (4th millennium BC) to the 6th century AD.

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