Naval Battle Between Greeks and Trojans, 1538, Engraving, Sheet: 16 x 23 1/16 in. (40.6 x 58.5 cm), Prints, Giovanni Battista Scultori (Italian, 1503–1575), The presence of the chariot of Poseidon (known to the Romans as Neptune) abandoned in the waves at left, suggests that the episode represented here is from Book 14 of Homer's epic poem 'Iliad'. The heroic nude in the foreground may be the lord of the sea, described as leading the Greeks with a long sword in hand
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