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| Keywords: Greek - One of Odysseus' Men Transformed Into a Pig - Walters 541483 - Profile.jpg This figure part man and part pig is one of Odysseus' companions who were turned into swine by the sorceress Circe in the epic poem The Odyssey The shape of the plaques under the feet suggests that the creature was made to be attached to a curved surface such as the cover of a small bronze vessel century 5 BC Archaic cast bronze cm 1 27 4 76 0 95 accession number 54 1483 7482 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1906 The Odyssey and Ancient Art Edith C Blum Art Institute Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson 1991-1992 Ulisse Il mito e la memoria Ulysses The Myth and Memory Palazzo delle Esposizioni Rome 1996 Ulysses Myth and Memory Haus der Kunst Munich 1999-2000 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Peloponnesus Greece Walters Art Museum license Circe Ancient Greek bronzes in the United States Ancient Greek sculptures in the Walters Art Museum 5th century BC Anthropomorphic pigs Odyssey | ||||
