On the track of Ulysses; Together with an excursion in quest of the so-called Venus of Melos

Name: On the track of Ulysses; Together with an excursion in quest of the so-called Venus of Melos
Author: William James Stillman

by William James Stillman

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On the track of Ulysses; Together with an excursion in quest of the so-called Venus of Melos Two studies in archaeology, made during a cruise among the Greek islands

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Turgut Dincer, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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2019-12-26

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Public domain in the USA.

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Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character)Homer. Odyssey Venus de Milo Ionian Islands (Greece) -- Description and travel Melos (Greece : Municipality) -- Antiquities

About the author

William James Stillman

1828–1901

An American painter, photographer, writer, diplomat, and critic, he led a remarkably wide-ranging life that carried him from New England reform circles to the art and politics of Europe. His books and criticism helped shape how 19th-century readers saw Greece, Italy, and the visual arts.

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