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Tiresias Drinks the Blood of the Sacrifice
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Tiresias Drinks the Blood of the Sacrifice

Theodoor van Thulden · 1632 - 1633 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Tiresias drinks first from the blood of the sacrifice that Odysseus brought in the underworld. Then the other shadows drink from it. In the background, Odysseus is in conversation with a number of men.

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Credit lineTiresias drinkt het bloed van het offer. 1632 - 1633. Theodoor van Thulden. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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