Penelope in Persepolis [sound recording] / [lecture by Tonio Hölscher ; sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Penelope in Persepolis [sound recording] / [lecture by Tonio Hölscher ; sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Among the surprising discoveries made by archaeologists at the Achaemenid palace of Persepolis (in present-day Iran) is a classical Greek marble statue of highest quality representing Odysseus' wife Penelope. Tonio Hölscher, professor emeritus and former director of the Institute for Classical Archaeology at the University of Heidelberg, considers how this work of art came to be at the residence of the Persian king and its larger meaning.

1 sound disc of 1 (CD) (ca. 110 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

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