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Reconstruction of a group of statues portraying the blinding of Cyclops Polyphemus by Odysseus and his men.
The destroyed statues were discovered in a collapsed coastal cave near the Italian village Sperlonga which has been identified as Spelunca, a place, where according to Suetonius, praetorian prefect Sejanus saved emperor Tiberius's life when the cave collapsed in 26 AD.
#ancient rome#emperor tiberius#sejanus#lucius aelius saianus#ancient sculpture#ancient civilisation#polyphemus#it awesome when you can connect an artefact with real historical event
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