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Painting of the MonthTurner's 'Ulysses deriding Polyphemus - Homer's Odyssey', 1829 This scene from the action-packed journey of the Greek hero Ulysses was our focus during Museums and Galleries month. Having blinded and outwitted the one-eyed giant Polyphemus, Ulysses makes his get-away in a splendid galleon. Turner shows him as a tiny figure in red on the upper deck, taunting the defeated giant who appears almost as a huge cloud formation, arm raised to hurl rocks at the ship. But does Turner reserve the real drama for his depiction of the sunrise?
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