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Scene from "The Odyssey": Calypso and Hermes
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Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Bernard d'Hendecourt
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Hermes Orders Calypso to Release Odysseus
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Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Theseus and Poseidon; Musician and Audience
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Hydria (water jar): Herakles as Musician
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