EPISODE SIX: NIGHT FLIGHT
CLOTH SAMPLE - EGYPT - 2353–2323 B.C.
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Thinking of Penelope’s weaving, I remembered the amazing pieces of fabric in the Ancient Egyptian collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Joseph Natoire, Telemachus Listening to Mentor, c. 1725-75,
TELEMACHUS AND MENTOR
The original “mentor” was Athena who quite literally takes Odysseus’s son Telemachus by the hand and advises, counsels, and warns him.
HERA BREAST FEEDING HERACLES (365BC-350BC)
ALCMENE’S DECEPTION
The story-within-the-story about the trickery of Penelope is illustrated on an oil jar from Puglia in the British Museum. The artist made his name (literally) by specializing in breastfeeding scenes.