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<DIV>VW wrote Ulysses, rather than Odysseus (which is what he’s called in the
Swedish translations of “Jacob’s Room”).</DIV>
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<DIV>The editors of the annotated editions of “Night and Day” and “Jacob’s Room”
seem to have struggled with this ref. J. H. Stape in the Shakespeare Head
“Night and Day” (1994) says: “The head only of a middle-aged slightly bearded
man wearing a conical bonnet. It is not part of the Parthenon sculptures
and may have formed part of a funerary monument” (p. 421). Julia Briggs in
the Penguin (1992) seems to imply that the statue in question *is* part of the
Elgin Marbles: “among these was a head wearing a sailor’s cap, thought to
represent Ulysses” (p. 438). Suzanne Raitt (OUP, 1992) says it’s one of
the Parthenon sculptures (p. 539).</DIV>
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<DIV>Sorry to bore you! At last I’ve found it: Edward L. Bishop in the
Shakespeare Head “Jacob’s Room” (2004) says: “described as the ‘Head of
Odysseus?’ in A. H. Smith’s Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Roman
Antiquities, British Museum, London 1892” – and he provides an illustration (p.
xxxviii). The head is wearing a conical cap, but doesn’t seem to have a
beard. He certainly is “battered”, and would not help any of us to
recognise Jacob, even if the head “works” for Fanny Elmer.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bear in mind that the Elgin Marbles are not now displayed as Woolf would
have seen them. The BM says: “In the nineteenth century the term 'Elgin
Marbles' was used to describe the collection, which was housed in the Elgin Room
at the British Museum, completed in 1832, where it remained until the Duveen
Gallery (Room 18) was built [in 1939].</DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/articles/w/what_are_the_elgin_marbles.aspx
href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/articles/w/what_are_the_elgin_marbles.aspx">http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/articles/w/what_are_the_elgin_marbles.aspx</A></DIV>
<DIV>The Elgin Marbles are not just the Parthenon frieze:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#565656 size=2>“The 'Elgin Marbles' is a popular term that in
its widest use may refer to the collection of stone objects - sculptures,
inscriptions and architectural features - acquired by Lord Elgin during his time
as ambassador to the Ottoman court of the Sultan in Istanbul. More specifically,
and more usually, it is used to refer to those sculptures, inscriptions and
architectural features that he acquired in Athens between 1801 and 1805. These
objects were purchased by the British Parliament from Lord Elgin in 1816 and
presented by Parliament to the British Museum.</FONT></DIV>
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color=#565656 size=2>“The collection includes sculptures from the Parthenon,
roughly half of what now survives: 247 feet of the original 524 feet of frieze;
15 of 92 metopes; 17 figures from the pediments, and various other pieces of
architecture. It also includes objects from other buildings on the Acropolis:
the Erechtheion, the Propylaia, and the Temple of Athena Nike.”</FONT></P>
<DIV>In this modern digital age, it should be easy to find a contemporary image
of the head, and discover where to see it in the BM – but I can’t!</DIV>
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<DIV>It seems reasonable to conclude that this head was displayed in the Elgin
Room, labelled ‘Head of Odysseus?’, where Woolf saw it. But more evidence
is needed.</DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=lisbeth.larsson@lit.gu.se
href="mailto:lisbeth.larsson@lit.gu.se">Lisbeth Larsson</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 27, 2013 10:28 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Vwoolf] Odysseus at British Museum</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma; COLOR: #000000; DIRECTION: ltr">Dear
Woolf researchers, could anyone help me. In Night and Day as well as Jacob's
Room Virginia Woolf mentions a statue of Odysseus at British Museum. However I
have not found anyone. Is it fiction? <BR><BR>Lisbeth Larsson
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<DIV class=PlainText>Professor Dr. Lisbeth Larsson<BR>Department of Literature,
History of Ideas, and Religion (LIR)<BR>University of Gothenburg<BR>Box
200<BR>405 30 Göteborg<BR>phone: + 46 (0)31 786 4556<BR>Fax: + 46 (0)31 786 15
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