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On the Picture of Ulysses' descent to Hell
Νικίεω πόνος οὗτος: ἀειζώουσα Νεκυία
— Paton edition
ἤσκημαι πάσης ἠρίον ἡλικίης:
δώματα δ᾽ Αἰδωνῆος ἐρευνήσαντος Ὁμήρου
γέγραμμαι κείνου πρῶτον ἀπ᾽ ἀρχετύπου.
This is the work of Nicias. I am painted here an
— Paton edition
ever-living City of the dead, the tomb of every age.
It was Homer who explored the house of Hades, and
I am copied from him as my first original.
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